'First shutout in 33 years' Samsung's Yang Chang-seop, selected for first All-Star appearance! Replaces 'elbow injury' Jang Chan-hee

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There has been a change in the recommended players for the Samsung Lions All-Star game.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on the 4th that "Dream All-Star Jang Chan-hee, who was scheduled to participate in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO All-Star Game, has been replaced by Yang Chang-seop due to injury."

Jang Chan-hee is a right-handed pitcher who bats both ways, drafted by Samsung as the 29th pick in the 3rd round of the 2026 KBO Rookie Draft after graduating from Gyeongnam High School. Despite his first season as a high school graduate, he performed with 18 games, 4 wins, 3 losses, and an ERA of 4.58, and was selected for his first All-Star appearance on the 29th of last month as a manager's recommendation. However, on the 1st, he received a diagnosis of swelling in the flexor muscles of his right elbow and was immediately removed from the first-division roster.

Yang Chang-seop took his place. Yang is a right-handed pitcher who bats both ways, drafted by Samsung as the 2nd pick in the 2nd round of the 2018 KBO Rookie Draft after graduating from Deoksu High School. Since his professional debut, he has suffered numerous injuries, and until last year, his 87⅓ innings in his debut season were the most he had ever pitched in a single year.

However, this year he is heading toward a career-high season. He recorded 13 games, 6 wins with no losses, an ERA of 4.37, and 55⅔ innings with 47 strikeouts. His highlight was the 9th-inning shutout against Busan Lotte Giants on May 24.

On that day, Yang allowed just one hit over 9 innings with no walks and 6 strikeouts while keeping the score at zero, leading Samsung to a 10-0 victory. This was the first time a Samsung player had achieved this since Ariel Jurado's 9-inning shutout with no walks against Suwon KT Wiz on July 26, 2025. For domestic pitchers only, it was the first time in six years since Choi Ji-myeong (formerly Choi Chae-heung) pitched a complete game shutout against Jamsil LG Twins on September 13, 2020.

It was also Samsung's first one-hit shutout in 33 years. There have been a total of 47 one-hit shutouts in the KBO League. The last Samsung player to record a one-hit shutout before Yang Chang-seop was Sung Jun in a game against Busan Lotte on June 19, 1993, 33 years ago.

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