I Will Sacrifice Half as Much as Senior Choi Dong-Won

“I Will Sacrifice my Right Arm”, “I Will Sacrifice Half as Much as Senior Choi Dong-won”... The Spirit of KBO Rookies

The 2024 professional baseball rookies who entered the professional stage by overcoming a competition rate of 10 to 1 each showed their spirit.

In the 2024 KBO rookie draft held at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on the 14th, 110 out of 1,083 applicants were nominated by professional teams.

Among them, the first round picks of each club, the 'one pick', stood on the podium and expressed their bold aspirations to baseball fans and officials. 온라인카지노사이트

Pitcher and hitter Jeon Mir (Gyeongbuk High School), who was selected by the Lotte Giants as the third overall pick, said, “I am truly honored to have been selected by Lotte, where my respected senior Choi Dong-won was.”

At the same time, he said, "Even if he is not as hard as senior Choi Dong-hoon, he will become a player who works at least half as hard as senior Choi Dong-won," making the crowd laugh.

Right-hander Kim Hwi-geon (Whimoon High School), who was selected as the 5th choice by NC Dinos, said, "I was born in Changwon, started playing baseball, and dreamed of becoming a baseball player while watching NC.

I will return the love that NC gave me a thousand times."

“I will sacrifice my right arm,” he expressed his determination.

When asked to choose a role model, he said, "I think it's very difficult to choose just one because there are so many great seniors," and said, "I want to become a player who can be called a role model in the distant future."

Right-hander Won Sang-hyeon (Busan High School), selected by KT Wiz, seemed so nervous during his speech that he let out a cute sigh, saying, "Hey...".

Won Sang-hyeon confidently said, "I was a closing pitcher when I was a freshman in high school, but after watching (KT) senior So Hyeong-jun, I thought I wanted to become a starting pitcher. I will do my best to become the future of KT like you."

Hyeongjun Sohn said through the KT club, “I am grateful and honored that my name was mentioned in such a big event,” and added, “I hope we can train and compete together in the future and move forward together to win the championship.

“Welcome to KT,” he responded.

Kiwoom, which obtained the 8th and 9th picks through a trade with the LG Twins, picked up right-handed pitchers Jeon Jun-pyo (Seoul High School) and Kim Yun-ha (Jangchung High School) in the first round.

Kim Yoon-ha said to Jeon Jun-pyo, who was chosen before her, "We were close friends in high school and it was a good classmate" and "Now that we are competitors, I will never look down on him and do my best to deal with him."

Won Jong-hae (Jang Chung-go), who was selected by NC at number 65 overall, even had a touching scene with his father.

Won Jong-hae's father, who took the microphone, said, "I was wondering if I should go write a college application because (name) came up so late, but I am so grateful to the NC officials for selecting me."

He looked at his son and said, "Thank you," unable to hold back tears.