In the Australian League, 9 innings of 13K scoreless..."I'll definitely make mine." NC Shin Youngwoo is keeping his promise

In the Australian League, 9 innings of 13K scoreless..."I'll definitely make mine." NC Shin Youngwoo is keeping his promise

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"I have that goal of going to Australia and making sure I make mine."

These were the words of Shin Young-woo (NC Dinos) we met on the 1st. And he is keeping his promise and blasting the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Shin Young-woo, who is wearing an ABL Perth hit uniform, started the opening game of the first round against the 2024-2025 ABL Brisbane Bandits at Empire Ballpark in Western Australia on the 15th (Korea Standard Time), and threw 77 balls, preventing four innings with three walks and eight strikeouts without a hit.

His performance continued. In the second game of a doubleheader against the Sydney Blue Sox on Sunday, Shin pitched 82 pitches, and became the winning pitcher with three hits, three walks, and five strikeouts in five innings. As of Sunday, Shin is tying for first in strikeouts along with Gunner Kaines of Brisbane and Ryusei Yamada of the Yomiuri Giants.
As Shin's performance continued, ABL also paid attention to him. ABL's official SNS account posted Shin's current record on Sunday, calling him "Korea's pitching wizard."

Shin Young-woo, who was called by NC for the fourth time in the first round in 2023, is a right-handed pitcher with so much potential that he is called a "special rookie." His strength was a fiery fastball with a maximum speed of 150 kilometers or more.

However, he has yet to clearly break his grip. He was always unstable in ball control, and eventually played in the Futures League (second division) without making his debut in the first division in the 2023 season.

He did not display much presence this year either. He pitched well against the Incheon SSG Landers on May 4, when he made his debut in the first division, allowing one hit, seven strikeouts and two runs in 3.2 innings, but he was shaken up in the match against the Changwon Samsung Lions (three hits, one walk, two runs in two innings), the match against the LG Twins in Jamsil on May 25 (two hits, seven walks, two runs in 3.2 innings), and the match against the Lotte Giants in Busan on May 31 (five runs with three hits and two outs in 0 innings). Thus, Shin's final performance this season was one loss and an earned run average of 10.61 in four games.

Shin, who has been desperate, is showing an unusual move this off-season. In the third exchange game with the NPB's Softbank Hawks held in Fukuoka, Mizuho Pay Dome, Japan on Oct. 10, he allowed five hits, four strikeouts, and three runs in 4.1 innings. Although the result was disappointing, he allowed five strikeouts and one run until the fourth inning.
In the 2024 Ulsan KBO Fall League held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on Oct. 16, Shin made a no-hitter (five innings without hit, six strikeouts, two strikeouts, and no run) against the LG Twins' Futures team. Although the score was posted against the Futures team, it was definitely meaningful.

Afterwards, Shin Young-woo met with a reporter at Changwon NC Park in early November, when he was about to "study in Australia," and said, "I talked a lot with my coaches during the second half of the year. I went through the process of catching mine. I have worked with coach Lee Yong-hoon to modify his form since last year. Some of those parts were not familiar to me, but I improved them from time to time," with his eyes shining. "I didn't throw it with the results in mind (against Softbank and LG), but I gained confidence as I kept coming out well. I was able to throw it in a fun way. That's how important I felt again that I needed to make sure I was mine."
"(Korea) Jae-seung told me that I learned a lot (from Australia). I hope that I will be able to throw many games in the N-Team (NC first team) next year and finish the season with good results after growing up in Australia," he said. "I will prepare well even when I go to Australia without missing a good opportunity. I have to make sure that I hear good news so that I can do well next season. I am focusing only on that. I have that goal to make sure that I go to Australia and make my own." 메이저놀이터

And although he is still in the early stages, he has shown further improvement by successively playing in two consecutive ABL matches. If Shin continues to grow, NC will have one excellent starting resource for the 2025 season. Will Shin continue his upward trajectory and secure a spot in NC`s starting lineup for next season.