Seung-yeup Na

Seung-yeup Na (나승엽)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

• High School Duksoo High School

• Born February 15, 2002 in Seoul South Korea

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Biographical Information

Seung-yeup Na has played in the Korea Baseball Organization and for the South Korean national team.

He had planned to pursue opportunities with MLB organizations after high school but changed his plans after the COVID-19 pandemic upended things. The Lotte Giants took him in the second round of the 2021 KBO draft. He eked out a .204/.289/.274 line in 2021, backing up at the corner infield spots. He was with the Sangmu Phoenix in 2022-2023 to fulfill his military obligations. He helped South Korea win the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. He also played for his country in the 2023 Asian Championship, driving in four against the Palestinian Americans and three versus the Philippines. South Korea won Bronze and he hit .250/.500/.250 with 8 walks and 8 RBI in 6 games, handling 33 chances error-free. He was among the leaders in RBI (2nd, 2 behind Motoki Mukoyama), walks (1st, 2 ahead of Yukiya Yano and Tariq Suboh), OBP (tied for 5th) and putouts (31, 9th, between Ho-Yin Benny Tam and Mark Manaig).

Becoming Lotte's starting first baseman in 2024, the 22-year-old batted .312/.411/.469 with 35 doubles and 69 walks. He tied Bo-gyeong Moon and Dong-hee Yoon for 5th in doubles, tied for 9th in triples, was 5th in walks (between Soo-bin Jung and Yoon) and was 6th in OBP (between Hui-dong Kwon and Sung-mun Song).