Wisdom 57 Home Runs Crazy Face, Davison Taxes Fiercely Chased...KBO's All-Time Home Run King Race Starts
Wisdom 57 Home Runs Crazy Face, Davison Taxes Fiercely Chased...KBO's All-Time Home Run King Race Starts
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There is a sign that the all-time home run king race will unfold in the KBO League in the 2024 season.카지노사이트
Patrick Wisdom (34, KIA Tigers) hit his sixth and seventh home runs of the season against the Gwangju SSG Landers on the 13th. He started as the fifth first baseman and hit a two-run shot to the left in the bottom of the second inning when right-handed starter Moon Seung-won of SSG rushed to the center.
With no runners on base with one out in the seventh inning, right-hander Song Young-jin's 144-kilometer four-center field goal came in slightly lower, but he easily hit a single and two-run shot to the mid-wall. Wisdom's homer was the first in 11 days since the game against the Samsung Lions in Gwangju on Sunday.
Wizdom's overall batting pace has declined a lot since his home run against Samsung on Tuesday. However, it remains to be seen whether the home run will enable him to rebound. He had a batting average of 0.268 with 13 RBIs and 16 runs scored in 17 games this season, and OPS of 1.069. For now, he has become the lone No. 1 home run player.
What stands out to Wisdom is a good three-base hit. He has 14 walks and 15 strikeouts. Although his ball count was bad in the major and minor leagues, he is adapting well to the slow ball of the KBO League. As much as he picks and hits good balls, his average will increase and his home run production will gain momentum. He hit one home run per 10.1 at-bats, and if he enters four at-bats in the remaining 127 games, he has a 57-home run pace.
What about Matt Davidson (34, NC Dinos), who shared the same style with the Triple-A Nashville Sounders in 2019, the most similar to Wisdom's? Davidson became the homerun king last year with 46 homers. He hit four homers in 16 games this season as well. He has proven his hitting ability. He can surpass three to 40 homers.
Davidson had 39 walks and 142 strikeouts last year. He has four walks and 19 strikeouts this year. His ball count got worse, but it remains to be seen since he is still in the early stages of the season. Davidson became the first foreign hitter to win the home run title for two consecutive years.
Park Byung-ho (Samsung Lions) and Austin Dean (LG Twins, five home runs) also hit five home runs. Park is the home run champion for four consecutive years from 2012-2015 and boasts of experience as the home run champion for six consecutive years from 2019 to 2022. He is also the only one who hit 50 home runs+ for two consecutive years.
The four-homer group included Na Sung-bum (KIA Tigers), Koo Ja-wook, Lewin Diaz (Samsung Lions), Moon Bo-kyung (LG Twins), and Kim Hyung-joon (NC Dinos). As the samples pile up, the front-runners will naturally narrow down, and we have to see if Wisdom and Davison, who have similar styles, will survive.
If Wisdom and Davidson reach 50 home runs together, it will be a big attraction for this season. For reference, the KBO league had five home runs, including Lee Seung-yeop (54 home runs) in 1999, Lee Seung-yeop (56 home runs) in 2003, Shim Jung-soo (53 home runs) in 2003, Park Byung-ho (52 home runs) in 2014 and Park Byung-ho (53 home runs) in 2015.