There is no need to overhype or downplay Japanese semi-pro baseball

‌There is no need to overhype them as being professional level, nor is there a need to downplay them as just players playing for a hobby.
I heard that the Japanese representative team for the Asian Games was not even their top-tier semi-pro selection.
You should just evaluate their level as it is. They aren't professionals, but they seem like semi-pros with a higher level than the Japanese Independent Leagues.
The fact is, Korean baseball's level is low and the salary bubble is severe. That's it.
What's disgusting is people overhyping Japanese semi-pro baseball just to protect their pride regarding the level of Korean baseball ㅋㅋㅋㅋ it's pathetic.
Honestly, looking at our country's baseball level, it's not surprising that we lost to Japanese semi-pro baseball.
I think we would have lost the final even without Kwak Bin. The pitching power was garbage; pitching level directly dictates the league level.
The fact that our country's good professional pitchers gave up 5 runs to a team that wasn't even Japan's semi-pro elite ㅋㅋㅋ shows that our pitching level is low.
Our level is even falling behind Taiwan, yet there are always people trying to shield them.
If you look at the KBO, they still don't follow modern baseball trends and play "old-school" baseball, so it's natural they lack competitiveness in international competitions.
While other countries are developing rapidly, our country is either treading water or developing very slowly.