Chung Hyeon-woo, the first-round No. 1 pitcher, is taking his first steps as a professional baseball player. He is sweating at the Kiwoom Heroes Rookie Camp.
Chung Hyeon-woo has been participating in the club rookie camp in Kaohsiung, Taiwan since the 6th. The rookie camp was made as a rookie within the third year of joining the team and is focusing on improving his skills. Chung Hyeon-woo and other promising players in the team are sweating to take the level to the next level.토토사이트
The training starts early in the morning and finishes at the end of the afternoon. Here, where lunch is the only rest, Chung is learning anew every day. Currently, he is trying to improve his physical condition suitable for professional athletes. He is focusing on weight training and running.
In my amateur days, I had to play the league every weekend, but the professional is different. There are games all six days of the week except Monday. You have to build your own body so that you can adapt to it.
"I don't think I'm fit to become a professional player yet. I think I have to build up my basic physical strength to be able to withstand the next season well," Chung said. "My first goal is to build up my physical strength (to become a professional player). My biggest goal in the rookie camp is to lose more body fat and gain muscle mass."
During the camp, he said, "I feel the difference between a professional and an amateur." Notably, I felt a lot when I saw Kim Yoon-ha's pitching, who was a close friend for a year. "I saw (Kim) Yoon-ha's pitching for the first time, and I felt the weight of his fastball, which was definitely different from that of an amateur," he said.
Chung Hyeon-woo is a top prospect that Kiwoom has a lot of expectations for. He joined the club as the first overall player. He also gave a big down payment of 500 million won, the third largest in the club's history.
Chung Hyeon-woo is also well aware of the club's high expectations for him. He showed his will to repay this without fail. "Of course, I am burdened and conscious. However, it was a slow start last year, but there were good results. I think there will be good results if I do what I do without paying attention to others this year," he vowed.
Chung Hyeon-woo, a former Deoksu high school player, dominated baseball with an outstanding left-handed pitcher.
He led the team's Shinsegae E-Mart Cup and Golden Lion with an overwhelming 0.75 70 strikeouts and overwhelming pitching in 16 games and 48 ⅓ innings this year. On the 11th, he was also selected as the winner of the "Daeseon High School Choi Dong-won Award," which is given to the best high school pitcher. Much attention is being paid to whether he will continue his "impact" performance in the professional league like Park Young-hyun (2021), Yoon Young-chul (2022), and Kim Taek-yeon (2023), who recently received the high school Choi Dong-won Award.
Chung Hyun-woo, who will play in the first season with high expectations, said, "Full time in the first team is my goal," adding, "I haven't decided that the numerical goal is a long way off yet."