A former KT's first designation in 2022, he played as a must-win group this year and had a good performance of 3 wins, 3 losses, 3 saves, 26 holds and an ERA of 3.02 in 56 games until the 23rd.
Park Young-hyun plays a decisive role in KT's high march in the second half of the year with a variety of patterns that mix fast balls in the mid-to-late 140km/h, sharp sliders, and changeups. In a situation where the team has to protect its victory, Son Dong-hyun and Kim Jae-yoon will hit the mound in the second half of the game.
Park Young-hyun's 26 holds is the No. 1 record in this season. The second-place group, SSG Landers Noh Kyung-eun, is far from Lotte Giants Koo Seung-min's 19-hold, and is already on the verge of a 30-hold. KT manager Lee Kang-chul also expressed surprise at Park Young-hyun's hold collection march. Coach Lee said, "I didn't know that (Park) Young-hyun was the No. 1 hold until recently. "I thought Noh Kyung-eun kept coming out in the game a lot and kept on winning first place," he said.
Coach Lee also praised closer Kim Jae-yoon, who is quietly accumulating saves. He also regretted that the number of saves was not large compared to his performance (43 games, 22 saves, and ERA 1.29). Coach Lee said, "Unlike holds, saves are not easy to accumulate numbers. Shouldn't we win the game and end it. In addition, a save situation needs to be created, but not many save situations have been created for (Kim) Jae-yoon this year," he said.