Choi Seung-yong, is he a descendant of the ‘left hand that catches Japan’? Japan selection: Takahashi (overall)

He will start against Japan on the 15th, which will determine his advancement to the Premier 12 Super Round.

Takahashi ranks first in ERA in the Japan Central League

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Choi Seung-yong fights back

(Taipei = Yonhap News) Reporter Jongchan Han = A practice game between the Premier 12 Korean national baseball team and the Taiwanese professional baseball team Weiquan Dragons held at Tianmu Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan on the afternoon of the 10th. Korea’s Choi Seung-yong is fighting back. 2024.11.10 [email protected]

(Taipei = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = Can Choi Seung-yong (23, Doosan Bears) continue the lineage of the ‘left-handed ace who catches Japan’?

The Korean national baseball team, facing the risk of being eliminated from the preliminaries in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12, will play the third round of the preliminaries against Japan, the strongest team in Group B and the defending champion.

Korea has 1 win, 1 loss, and Chinese Taipei has 2 wins, so a victory against Japan is essential for Korea to advance to the semifinals, which only 2 of the 6 teams in Group B have.

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Korea will send left-hander Young-gun Choi Seung-yong as the starter in the game against Japan to be held at Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan at 7 p.m. on the 15th.

Choi Seung-yong appeared in 31 games in the KBO League last year, switching between starting and relief roles, posting 3 wins, 6 losses, 1 save, and an ERA of 3.97.

It seemed like he would secure a starting spot in 2024, but he was diagnosed with an elbow stress fracture early this year, so he only took the first-team mound on July 28 and ended the regular season with two wins, one save, and an ERA of 6.00.

However, in the second game of the wild card decision against KT Wiz, he fought back with 3 hits and no runs in 4⅔ innings, promising the 2025 season.

Choi Seung-yong was selected for the adult national team for the first time in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) last year and pitched well, allowing 2 hits and 1 run in 3⅔ innings in 3 games.

Starting pitcher Choi Seung-yong fights back

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seo Dae-yeon = The 2024 WBSC Premier 12 warm-up match between Korea and Cuba held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 2nd. Korean starting pitcher Choi Seung-yong is fighting back in the bottom of the first inning. 2024.11.2 [email protected]

In the second international competition, he will be a starter.

In the past, Korean baseball has many memories of defeating Japan using a left-handed ace.

Koo Dae-sung at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Kim Gwang-hyun at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Bong Jung-geun at the 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) were representative left-handed starting pitchers who achieved extreme success.

In a tournament where Korea and Japan formed teams mainly of professional players, Korea won the 2015 Premier 12 semifinals, then the 2019 Premier 12 super round and final, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the 1st round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and the Asia Professional Championship. They lost to Japan in six games, including the baseball championship preliminary round and final.

Choi Seung-yong takes the lead in order to break the losing streak against Japan and revive the spark to advance to the Premier 12 semifinals.

Choi Seung-yong said, “I don’t think it’s anything special just because it’s against Japan. I’ll throw as usual. I know Japanese players well, including (Japan’s No. 4 hitter) Shota Morishita. They’re all good players, but I’m still young, so I’ll be brave.” “I will throw it hard,” he said.

Japanese pitcher Hiroto Takahashi

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The starting pitcher for the Japanese national team is Hiroto Takahashi (Chunichi Dragons).

Takahashi pitched well in this year’s Japanese professional baseball regular season with 12 wins, 4 losses, and an average ERA of 1.38. Takahashi ranks first in ERA in the Central League.

Baseball Data, a Japanese professional baseball statistics site, analyzed Takahashi’s pitch distribution as 52% fastball, 31% splitter, 10% cut fastball, and 7% curve.

Takahashi’s main weapons are a fastball with a maximum speed of 158 km/h and a forkball that can reach the mid-140 km/h range.

His ability to suppress extra-base hits is excellent, allowing only one home run in 143⅔ innings.

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