A foreign hitter who determines team performance...LG and Hanwha are 'Clear' NC and Kiwoom are 'Blurred'
A foreign hitter who determines team performance...LG and Hanwha are 'Clear' NC and Kiwoom are 'Blurred'
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With professional baseball in the 2025 season barely more than a month after its opening, the top batting average in the league has been occupied by domestic players.
In other words, the performance of foreign hitters at the beginning of this season has not yet been remarkable. And their performance is reflected in the flow and performance of the team, and the joys and sorrows of the 10 clubs are divided.스포츠토토
As of Monday, Jeon Min-jae of the Lotte Giants will lead the batting average of the 2025 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League. Jeon has posted 31 hits in 77 times at bat (0.403) in 25 games this season, and is the only one with a batting average of around 400.
After that, Son Ah-seop of the NC Dinos, who has a batting average of 0.394, is closely trailing.
After Son Ah-seop, only domestic players are listed up to the top eight batting average early this season.
Among foreign hitters, Austin Dean of the LG Twins has the best performance.
Austin has posted a batting average of .318 with 27 hits in 85 at-bats for 24 games this season, ranking ninth in this category. Only Austin and Victor Reyes (Lotte Giants) are among the top 10 players in the batting average.
Austin, which is in its third year in the KBO league this year, is displaying stellar performance this year as well as in the previous two seasons. He tied for the top in this category with eight home runs as well as a batting average of 300.
Austin, who won the RBI title last season, is also running to the joint lead in RBIs this season.
LG also has not missed the league lead due to the performance of Austin and other pitching players this year.
On the other hand, NC and SSG Landers, whose foreign hitters left due to injuries, were in crisis.
NC's Matt Davidson, who won the home run title last season, was excluded from the first-team entry on the 9th due to back pain.
SSG's Guillermo Herredia was excluded from the first-team entry on the 11th due to right thigh abscess (fleeceitis) and was found to need rehabilitation for about six weeks due to an infection during the procedure.
The two teams with foreign hitters have recently suffered consecutive losses and fallen to the bottom of the league.
Kiwoom Heroes, which runs two foreign hitters, are more devastated by their performance.
Kiwoom's batting lineup, which showed a strong batting sense to rank No. 1 in the team's batting average league in March, cooled sharply in April.
In particular, Yasiel Puig (0.167) and Ruben Cadines (0.195) have been sluggish significantly in April with a batting average of less than .200.
Kiwoom often gave up games helplessly as the batters did not explode, and eventually fell to the bottom of the league.
Some teams have rebounded with foreign hitters.
The Hanwha Eagles' Esteban Floral, who suffered from a severe slump at the beginning of the season and even had a replacement, is now leading the team's onslaught at the center of the lineup.
Floral, who had a batting average of 0.143 without a home run in March, changed to a completely different person in April.
In the last 15 games, Floral is 27 for 65 with 11 RBIs and a .415 batting average.
The stagnant lineup rebounded with Floral, and with a stable mound, it has won eight consecutive games in 662 days, threatening the leading LG.
Lotte Giants' Victor Reyes, who was also sluggish with a batting average of around .100 in March, ranked in the top 10 in this category by raising his batting average to the mid-30s in April.
At the same time, Lotte is enjoying spring with seven wins and three losses in its last 10 games.