"My turning point in my life was when I was in Suyeongseongdae."

"When I was a student at Suseong University, I was the turning point of my baseball career."

In the 2024 KBO rookie draft, the Samsung Lions selected right-hander Park Jun-yong from Suseong University in the second round, following right-hander Yuk Seon-yeop from Jangchung High School in the first round. Park has won four times and had an earned run average of 1.70 in 10 games in the college league this year. Notably, he gave a strong impression by shutting out nine innings without allowing a single goal at the game against Kyungsung University on May 4 last year.

However, Park Jun-yong is in pain. He was not selected by any team in the 2022 rookie draft. He had to shed tears. Not this time. He confidently received the nomination from his hometown team Samsung.

Immediately after Park's nomination, Samsung said, "He has stable ball control and game management capability. He also has excellent inning management capability. I plan to train him as a starting pitcher in the future. I highly appreciate his skills and development with an ideal pace after entering college."

Samsung manager Park Jin-man also said, "Park Joon-yong is similar to Yuk Sun-yeop. The RBI is high. He has power in the ball, and he has some command. He is a player who can control the ball. I think he is flexible again."

"I feel like I'm in a better shape than I was in college. I gained strength," said Park Jun-yong, who met MK Sports at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. "If you felt like you were trying to do it on your own, your coach or trainer will help you a lot if you can't do anything alone in college."

As mentioned above, he entered the rookie draft after graduating from Gyeongbuk High School, but was rejected. Afterwards, he went to Suseong University and had time to reorganize himself. The two years spent at Suseong University were meaningful to Park Jun-yong

"At first, I was not sure because it was sung too fast. I was in a good mood, but I thought, 'Am I right? What is it?'" Park said with a smile, "I was so thankful that it was sung faster than I expected. When I was playing in college, I think he highly appreciated the part where I threw for a long time and walked less. When I was in college, it was turning point for me."

"When I first applied for the draft, I didn't even look at the draft. I thought I wouldn't be able to do it anyway, and I wasn't confident, and I wasn't good at it. I think I worked hard to do it again in college," he said.

He grew up under the guidance of Sung Joon, a legendary pitcher for Samsung, when he was a college student. Sung Joon, who played for Samsung from 1986 to 1998, and removed his uniform from the Lotte Giants after the 1999 season, is one of the legendary pitchers who recorded 97 wins and 66 losses and eight saves and 3.32 in 301 games.

Park Jun-yong said, "Exercise is also an exercise, but I got a positive mindset and it was fun. I think I tried to do so well in high school. My friends around me are good, but I'm not good at it, so I got discouraged," adding, "Coach Sung-joon told me a lot about my mind and basic pitching framework. The day after the draft, I went to school and greeted him. Sung-joon said, 'This is the beginning. Work hard.'"토토사이트 추천

"Coach Sung-joon and (Seo Seok-jin) told me a lot of good things. I went to Suseong University because I trusted the coach and the coach. He always said good things and told me to make up for my shortcomings, so I was able to get good results. I'm always grateful," he said.

I haven't used any one as my role model, but I want to be like Won Tae-in in my senior high school years. "I want to learn a lot about Won Tae-in's game management and ball mixing. I realized a lot while watching him," Park said.

Finally, Park Jun-yong said, "My goal this season is to take the mound in the first division. I want to show everything I have regardless of whether I am in the middle or in any position."