The KBO will hold a draft at Lotte Hotel's World Crystal Ballroom in Songpa-gu, Seoul on Wednesday. The draft will be carried out in an all-out manner. The selection will be made from the first to the 11th rounds. The order will be Kiwoom Heroes, Hanwha Eagles, Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants, KIA Tigers, Doosan Bears, NC Dinos, SSG Landers-kt Wiz-LG Twins, and LG Twins, which will be ranked in reverse order for the 2023 season.메이저놀이터

A total of 1,197 people will participate in this year's rookie draft. A total of 840 high school graduates, 286 college graduates, 56 early draft applicants, and 15 other players, including overseas flax and professional graduates, have challenged the draft. Among them, only 10 percent of them will be selected by professional teams. It is not an easy task to sing a single note in the draft. In other words, all players who join the professional league are the protagonists of the draft.

Nevertheless, it is of course the No. 1 overall draft that attracts the most attention. Chung Hyeon-woo (Deoksu High School) and Jung Woo-joo (Jeonju High School) are considered the leading candidates. If Kiwoom, which has the first pick, picks Chung Hyeon-woo, Hanwha, which has the second pick, picks Jung Woo-ju. If Kiwoom chooses Jung Woo-ju, Hanwha is expected to naturally pick Chung Hyeon-woo. Kiwoom is known to eye left-hander Chung Hyeon-woo, as there are already many right-hander fireballers on the team.

Chung is a left-hander who throws fastballs with speeds of up to 152 km per hour. He also has ball control, enabling stable game management. When he was a sophomore in high school, he used seven breaking balls. He only threw curves, sliders, and folk balls. Watchers say he has a high level of completion of breaking balls. At official games of high school baseball this year, he garnered eight wins and an ERA of 0.75 in 48 ⅓ innings in 16 games. He allowed 13 pitches but garnered 70 strikeouts. The on-base allowed per inning is 0.67.

Jung Woo-joo is a right-handed pitcher who throws fast balls up to 156 kilometers. He can throw balls that are faster than 150 kilometers even if thrown lightly. Analysts say that his flexible pitching form is excellent. If he continues his growth in the professional league, he is expected to be able to throw faster pitches. In 16 games and 45 ⅔ innings, he has had 4 wins and 1 loss with an earned run average of 1.57 four pitches, and posted 27 strikeouts and 80 strikeouts.

Chung Hyun-woo and Jung Woo-joo are expected to take the first and second overall rankings, while the third is in a mixed state. He is a "scene stealer" who is drawing attention as much as the first overall pick in this draft. This is because Samsung, which has the third-place pick, did not get a clear answer right before the draft. The choice of Samsung has also attracted attention as lower ranking teams such as Lotte and KIA were also affected.

Samsung has been agonizing over Bae Chan-seung, left-hander of Daegu High School, Kim Tae-hyun, right-hander of Gwangju Jeil High School, Kim Tae-hyung, and Park Joon-soon, a right-hander of Deoksu High School. At the 13th Asian Youth Championship held in Taiwan, a high-ranking official visited the team to check players' performance. In addition, internal opinions have reportedly narrowed down to Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun.

Bae Chan-seung, who has been an ace in Daegu High School, throws fastballs with speeds of 150 kilometers. He is said to be attractive to sliders, his main weapon. He posted two wins, two losses and an earned run average of 3.44 in 34 innings in 11 games. Kim is a left-handed pitcher who throws fastballs with speeds of late at 140 kilometers per hour. Notably, his vertical movement ranks among the top 10 percent in the KBO league. He also excels in strikeouts. In 17 games this year, he recorded six wins and two losses with an earned run average of 1.47 4, 20 strikeouts and 88 strikeouts in 54 ⅔ innings. He is the only high school student who joined the World Baseball Softball Federation under the age of 23 and played in international competitions.

Seoul High School pitchers Kim Young-woo and Kim Dong-hyun, Gangneung High School catcher Lee Yul-ye, Chunghoon High School pitchers Kim Seo-joon and Bibong High School's Park Jung-hoon are also potential candidates for the first round. Attention is focusing on which player each team will select, which will determine the future of the team.