Jang Hyun-seok (Masan Yongmago), who joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, is predicted to rise to the major leagues in 2027.
On the 17th (Korean time), the MLB Pipeline, which specializes in the minor leagues, listed Hyun-seok Jang as the 22nd best prospect for the Dodgers Farm in a corner titled ‘2003 30 Prospects by Club’. He was ranked 11th among pitchers.
In the scouting rating, the media gave Jang Hyun-seok 60 points for fastball, curve, and slider, 50 points for changeup, 50 points for control, and 45 points for the first half. At the same time, the time to enter the major leagues was specified as 2027.
The MLB pipeline said, “Jang Hyun-seok, who was the first overall candidate for the KBO draft, did not participate in the draft to achieve his dream of throwing in the major leagues without going through the KBO.” He signed a contract with Jang Hyun-suk for $900,000. The Dodgers, who had almost exhausted their international bonus pool this year, traded right-handed prospects Aldrin Batista and Maximo Martinez to the Chicago White Sox and secured $1 million in funds to recruit Jang Hyun-seok.”
The media continued, ‘Jang Hyun-seok has three types of pitches above average. His four-seam fastball is 93 to 95 mph, with a high of 97 mph. Given his height of 1m90, his restraint could be increased. With the revs attached, he fitted the 84 to 87 mph power sliders, and the 76 to 82 mph curve has depth. His 82-86 mph changeup lags behind his other pitches, but he can develop it.
He predicted, “I can grow as a starter in the middle of the rotation or above.”
Considering that he has not yet worn a Dodgers farm uniform, it is considered a fairly positive evaluation. That means the Dodgers have high expectations. The MLB Pipeline predicted that Jang Hyun-seok would enter the major leagues in 2027. In other words, he is predicted to be able to rise to the big league for the fourth year if he takes lessons steadily in the major league for three years from next year to 2026.
It is said that Jang Hyun-seok, born in March 2014, achieves his dream at the age of 23. What is noteworthy is the expectation that it can rise to a position in the middle of the rotation or higher. In other words, if he is in charge of more than 3 starters for the Dodgers, it is expected that he will be able to emit a presence comparable to Park Chan-ho and Ryu Hyun-jin.
Park Chan-ho and Ryu Hyun-jin both have experience as starting gamers for the Dodgers. Park Chan-ho took the mound as a starter in the 2001 Opening Day, his 6th full-time season, and Ryu Hyun-jin took the mound in the 2019 Opening Day, his 7th season. Jang Hyun-seok’s possibilities are endless.
Park Chan-ho, who crossed the Pacific Ocean after finishing his sophomore year at Hanyang University, spent two years in the minor leagues, and Ryu Hyun-jin entered the big leagues after seven years of active play in the KBO league. Jang Hyun-seok seems to need more than three years of polishing as he has to step on the minor leagues from the age of 20, which is the point of finishing his third year of high school.안전놀이터
Looking at the minor league period for current Dodgers starting pitchers to become full-time big leaguers, Clayton Kershaw took 1 year and 10 months from September 2006 to May 2008, and Julio Urias took 3 years from March 2013 to May 2016. 2 months, Walker Buehler took 2 years and 1 month from March 2016 to April 2018.
Bobby Miller, who made his major league debut in late May and has been fighting well with explosive fastballs, was nominated in the first round in 2020 and joined Single A+ and Double A in 2021, Double A and Triple A in 2022, and Triple A at the beginning of this season. After that, I stepped on the mound of dreams. Born in April 1999, Miller, 24, spent two years and two months in the minor leagues.