To be honest, I threw the tournament with the pride of finishing the national team."

The "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Awards" took place at Lotte Hotel's World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul on Wednesday. KT Wiz pitcher Park Young-hyun won the trophy with the highest winning rate of 0.833 in the league this season.메이저사이트

Park Young-hyun, who is in his third year as a full-time closing pitcher, has been responsible for securing his team's back door through powerful pitching. He displayed stellar performance this year with 10 wins, 2 losses and 25 saves and an ERA of 3.52 in 66 games and 76 ⅔ innings.

KT pitcher Park Young-hyun won the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Awards" held at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul on Sunday. He has displayed powerful pitching starting from the first year as a full-time closing pitcher this year. At the same time, he displayed stellar performance as a closing pitcher for the national team at a recent international competition. Reporter Park Ji-young from Jamsil

Thanks to her performance during the regular season, Park also visited the "2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12" national team, which was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Similarly, as a closing pitcher, Park displayed overwhelming pitching capability by allowing one save and zero earned run in three games, three ⅔ innings. She also proved to some extent that her pitching capability worked on the world stage.

Park Young-hyun, who met after the ceremony, expressed her feelings about winning the Seungryul King Trophy. "It's really hard to win one game. It was good because I think I caught it well, and I think I received the award because my seniors (in the second half of the game) played well."

He was in charge of the symbolic position of finishing the national team from the first year of the full-time closing pitcher.

Her experience in international competitions outside of Asian countries gave her a great boost. Based on this, she also created an opportunity for her to take a step further. "It was my first time to play against the Dominican Republic and Australia, and I was surprised to see so many good players than I thought. The Dominican Republic players were really scared. On the other hand, I threw fastballs mainly because I wanted to catch them because I wanted to play without fear on the mound," she said.

"Honestly, I threw the competition with pride in finishing the national team. If I join the national team again next time, how much I prepared will determine my position. If I can't finish the game, I can admit it and try harder. I have pride in being a closing pitcher for the national team, but I don't have any greed. If I succeed in any position on the spot, I will become a shining player. I just want to go and do well," he added.

With the 2025 season to go, Park expects to improve further. His first goal is to win his team's championship, and his second is to take the team to the next level, which is an improvement from this year's. "I think our goal should be at the highest place. Personally, our team's ranking comes first. I hope we can win first place," Park said. "Now is the time to show our performance. I will prepare well for the off-season for a better season than this year's, and try to become a more complete player."

Finally, Park Young-hyun said, "If I make 25 saves (in my first season as a full-time closing pitcher), I think I did a good job. I don't know if I will make 30 or 40 saves next year, but I think the most important thing is to leave it to the heaven and do well without getting hurt." 

Meanwhile, Park Jung-hyun (Korean military athletic unit) and Park Jung-hyun (Hanwha Eagles), Park's brother, also won the Futures League Southern League Home Run Award and the RBI Award at the same award ceremony. At this year's Futures League, Park had a batting average of 0.313 (110 hits in 352 times at bat) with 16 homers, 66 RBIs and eight steals (OPS) in 91 games, drawing attention.

Park Young-hyun said, "I didn't really talk much with my brother. I just said, 'You're here? Congratulations.' I'm sure your parents will be proud. My younger brother came with me, and he said, "Only my younger brother (who plays in the baseball team at Bucheon Middle School) should go to the professional league."