Hanwha has recorded 8 wins, 8 losses, and an ERA of 3.72 in 23 games this season
. Hanwha has not produced a Rookie of the Year award since Ryu Hyun-jin in 2006.
Hanwha Eagles Moon Dong-ju (20) takes on the challenge of an honor he can enjoy only once in his life.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will hold the '2023 Shinhan Eunsaeng Sol KBO Awards Ceremony' at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on the 27th. At this event, the Rookie of the Year Award, who showed the best performance this season, will also be announced.
Moon Dong-joo is considered this year's strongest candidate for the Rookie Award.
Moon Dong-ju, who was selected in the first round of the 2022 rookie draft and joined Hanwha, attracted attention for his extraordinary talent even before his debut. However, in the aftermath of injury in his first year of debut, he appeared in only 13 games, recording 1 win, 3 losses, and 2 holds, and an ERA of 5.65.
This year, when he was extremely proud, he shook away all the regrets of last season.
Dong-ju Moon threw a fastball at 160.1 km/h in the first inning against the KIA Tigers on April 12, becoming the first player in the KBO League to exceed 160 km/h (based on the pitch tracking system/PTS). The season ended with 8 wins and 8 losses in 23 games and an ERA of 3.72.
After ending the regular season early in early September under the club's strict management, including restrictions on the number of innings and pitches, he participated in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and took the lead in winning the gold medal, including a fightback in the final against Chinese Taipei.
The Rookie of the Year Award is more meaningful because you can only challenge for it once.
Moon Dong-joo, who early on opened up the possibility of being the next generation ace, will definitely make a mark if he wins the Rookie of the Year Award.
The Rookie of the Year Award from Hanwha has been missing since Ryu Hyun-jin (Toronto Blue Jays) in 2006. At that time, Ryu Hyun-jin was the first player in the KBO League to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Rookie of the Year awards in the regular season.
If Moon Dong-joo wins the Rookie of the Year Award, Hanwha will be celebrating its first happy birthday in 17 years.
Moon Dong-ju's competitors include KIA Tigers Yoon Young-cheol and Choi Ji-min.
Young-Cheol Yoon, who wore the KIA uniform as the second overall pick in the first round of the 2023 rookie draft, has been in charge of the starting position since his first season of debut with 8 wins and 7 losses in 25 games and an average ERA of 4.04. Choi Ji-min, in his second year as a member of the team, played 59 ⅓ innings in 58 games and defended the team with 6 wins, 3 losses, 12 holds, 3 saves, and an ERA of 2.12.
In addition to these, Kiwoom Heroes Lee Joo-hyung and Kim Dong-heon, LG Twins Yoo Young-chan, Lotte Giants Kim Min-seok and Yoon Dong-hee, and Doosan Bears Kim Dong-ju were nominated for the Rookie of the Year award.
Meanwhile, candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award were selected from among players who joined in 2023 and players who joined within the past 5 years (2018-2022) excluding the current year, whose cumulative records did not exceed 30 innings for pitchers and 60 at-bats for batters. 슬롯사이트
