Pitcher Jang Hyun-Seok

++Pitcher Jang Hyun-seok, 'high school's biggest fish', tries to advance to MLB instead of KBO++

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Right-handed pitcher Jang Hyeon-seok (Masan Yongmago), who is considered the biggest player in high school among the players to participate in this year’s pro baseball rookie draft,

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Chose to challenge the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) instead of the KBO League.

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Rico Sports, Jang's management company, announced on the 1st, "After long consideration, 카지노사이트** **Jang Hyun-seok decided to challenge the major leagues without submitting an application for the KBO draft."

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Jang Hyun-seok said through Ricoh Sports, "I'm sorry to have kept many people waiting in the process of deciding where to go."

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I made up my mind to take on the challenge,” he said.

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Accordingly, Jang Hyun-seok will not attend the 2024 KBO Draft nomination meeting to be held on September 15th and will focus on signing a contract with the MLB club.

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Jang Hyun-seok took the mound in seven high school baseball games this year and threw 27⅓ innings, posting an amazing record of 3 wins, undefeated, and an ERA of 0.33.

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He notably struck out 49, approaching double the number of innings he pitched.

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His career record over his three years in high school was 6-3 with a 1.61 earned run average and striking out 99 in 66⅔ innings.

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Based on his powerful pitching, Jang Hyun-seok was the only amateur player to be selected as the national baseball team for the Hangzhou Asian Games.

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Jang Hyun-seok is the first high school player to be selected as an Asian Games representative.

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When the baseball team wins the gold medal in the Asian Games, Jang Hyun-seok enjoys the benefits of special military service and prepares a foothold for a long stay in MLB without worrying about military service.

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Among new players, players who signed a contract with a foreign professional baseball team without registering as a player belonging to a Korean professional baseball team

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After attending high school or higher in Korea cannot sign a contract with a KBO team for 2 years from the date the contract expires.

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There are restrictions on Jang Hyun-seok's debut in the KBO League.