"Is it left-hander fireballer Jung Hyun-woo or Jung Woo-ju that Major League Baseball paid attention to?"

Prospects who will lead the future of Korean baseball will be decided on Wednesday. The 2025 KBO Rookie Draft will be held at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Songpa-gu, Seoul at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

The draft will be carried out in a full-scale draft format, and nominations will take place from the first to the 11th rounds. It will be conducted in the order of Kiwoom Heroes, Hanwha Eagles, Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants, Kia Tigers, Doosan Bears, NC Dinos, SSG Landers, KT Wiz, and LG Twins, which will be in the reverse order of the 2023 team rankings.안전놀이터

Chung Hyeon-woo, a left-hander of Deoksu High School, and Jung Woo, a right-handed pitcher of Jeon High School, are mentioned as the most promising candidates for the overall rookie draft. The two are called "correction matches" due to the fierce battle for the first place.

Both Jung Woo-ju and Jung Hyun-woo throw fast balls in the 150km/h range.

Jung Woo-joo has a maximum speed of 156 kilometers per hour in official games. Among high school seniors, he received the most attention from Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. He mainly uses sliders and splitters on fastballs.

Chung Hyeon-woo is a left-handed fastball pitcher who claims to bring him even if he goes to hell. Analysts say that he can stably use fastballs with speeds of around 150 kilometers per hour, curves of around 100 kilometers per hour, and folk balls of around 130 kilometers per hour.

In this year's weekend league of high school baseball, Jung took the mound in 16 games, recording 4 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 1.57. While pitching in 45 ⅔ innings, Jung displayed his ball power by striking out 80 times.

Chung posted an ERA of 0.75 over the weekend of 16 games with eight wins and no losses. He played 48 ⅓ innings and recorded 70 strikeouts.

Jung Woo-joo and Jung Hyun-woo both showed outstanding pitching at the 13th Asian Youth Baseball Championship, which ended in Taipei, Taiwan on the 8th.

Jung pitched three ⅔ innings in two innings, never giving up a single run. He struck out seven and allowed only one walk.

Jung, who also pitched in two games, allowed one run (1.91 ERA) during three ⅔ innings. He struck out five.

Kiwoom's choice, which has the first nomination right, is expected to affect the decision of Hanwha, the second-ranked designated team.

Daegu High School left-hander Bae Chan-seung, Gwangju Il High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun, and Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung are classified as candidates after the third place.

Bae Chan-seung also throws a fastball over 150 kilometers per hour, and he pitched three scoreless innings against Japan in the Super Round of the Asian Youth Baseball Championship held on the 7th to raise his stock price.

Deoksu High School infielder Park Joon-soon is considered the biggest fish among fielders. Analysts say he has excellent contact skills, power to hit medium and long-range balls, fast feet, a sense of running base and solid defense.

He hit 0.442 (50 hits in 113 times at bat) and OPS (on-base plus slugging) 1.250 in 34 high school baseball weekend league games this year.

Attention is also focusing on which rank the first round fielders will be selected. Park Ji-hwan of SSG was the only fielders who received the first round pick in last year's rookie draft. Park was picked as the 10th overall pick.

Attention is also focusing on Kiwoom's choice, including the first overall pick. Kiwoom can exercise as many as 14 nominations in this draft.

Kiwoom received the first and third round nominations when it sent Kim Hui-jip to NC in May this year, and in January, it secured the third round nomination rights that SSG had with Lee Ji-young's transfer.

LG, which took the 5th round nomination by sending Jin Hae-soo to Lotte in November last year, can also call 12 names.

A total of 1,197 people are eligible for this year's rookie draft, including 840 high school graduates, 286 college graduates, 56 early draft applicants, and 15 other players, including amateur and professional graduates. Among them, 110 are selected by professional teams.