Seung Song Selected to Play in Futures Game
June 23, 2003 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Edmonton Trappers News Release
EDMONTON, AB - The Edmonton Trapper Baseball Club announced today that right-handed pitcher Seung Song has been selected to the World Team for the fifth annual RadioShack All-Star Futures Game. The game will feature the top U.S. and international Minor League prospects competing against each other as part of the RadioShack All-Star Sunday, July 13 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. Song will be joined on the World Team by fellow Expos' farmhand Shawn Hill. The right-handed pitcher is currently playing for Single-A Brevard County and hails from Mississauga, Ontario. Also joining Song on the World Team's pitching staff is Victoria, B.C. native Rich Harden, who is currently pitching for the PCL's Sacramento River Cats.
Song, 22, is 2-0, 1.64 (11.0 IP - 2 ER) in two starts with the Trappers. He is the youngest player currently on the Trapper roster and is the first player born in the 1980's to suit up for Edmonton in a regular season game. Song was promoted from Double-A Harrisburg on June 12 after going 5-2 with a 2.35 ERA (72.2 IP - 19 ER) in 13 starts with the Senators. Opponents batted just .208 (55-for-265), while drawing 24 walks and striking out 44 times. Song tossed a no-hitter for Harrisburg on April 28 versus the Erie SeaWolves and allowed only one hit and one run in 7.0 innings against Erie on May 31. The native of Pusan, South Korea was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Boston Red Sox on February 2, 1999. He was traded, along with right-handed pitcher Sun Woo Kim, to the Montreal Expos on July 30, 2002 in exchange for outfielder Cliff Floyd. Song split the 2002 season between Double-A Trenton, where he was 7-7, 4.39 (108.2 IP - 53 ER) in 21 starts and Harrisburg, where he went 0-0, 0.00 (5.0 IP - 0 ER) in one start. He began the 2003 season with a career minor league record of 25-18 in 70 appearances (66 starts). Song posted a 2.82 ERA (364.1 IP - 114 ER) and struck out 410 batters in 364.1 innings entering this season. Baseball America rated Song as the fifth-best prospect in the Expos system at the beginning of the campaign.
The next Trapper home game will be on Thursday, June 26 when the club will take on the Tacoma Rainiers. The game will begin at 7:05 PM. Tickets for all regular season home games are on sale and can be purchased through Ticketmaster at 451-8000. Twenty-game packs, ten-game packs and 2003 season tickets are also currently on sale at the Trapper General Office. For more information call 414-4450.
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