'No Fallouts' Everyone Wins, Fall Baseball Nominees...It's an all-time ranking battle. It's unpredictable

Jul 09, 2024

'No Fallouts' Everyone Wins, Fall Baseball Nominees...It's an all-time ranking battle. It's unpredictable
KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. KIA players who won 3-1 are giving high fives. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.6.16/



There's no loser!

It's a competition of 'all-time' rankings. The scene is bleeding dry, but the viewers are having so much fun. Who will cry and laugh in the second half.

The 2024 KBO League will enter the second half of the year starting with five games on the 9th.



The point to watch in the second half is clear. It's a completely unpredictable ranking fight.

It is simply the greatest prenup of all time. Every team can have a goal. It is interesting to note that there is no dropout for the championship and fall baseball.



First, the competition for the championship. KIA Tigers led by 3.5 games by sweeping the Samsung Lions at the end of the first half, but it is still too early to be relieved. He will immediately play the first three consecutive games in the second half against the second-place LG Twins. Depending on the results of these three consecutive games, the leading competition could fluctuate again.

Doosan, which has made a fresh start by replacing all foreign pitchers, is also a cautionary tale. Considering that Alcantara was virtually closed, it is calculated that Doosan's winning rate could be higher even if Balazovic and Shirakawa do more than that. Samsung also lost five consecutive games at the last minute, but it cannot be ignored because it is a team that has repeatedly won and lost consecutive games this season.



What's more interesting than the race for the lead is the fight for the top five. From 5th to 10th, we don't know who will laugh at the end. There are only five games between fifth-place SSG Landers and 10th-place Kiwoom Heroes. Kiwoom won six consecutive games at the end of the first half, sparking the last-place competition.

'No Fallouts' Everyone Wins, Fall Baseball Nominees...It's an all-time ranking battle. It's unpredictable
LG-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 2nd. Kiwoom players, who came from behind to win 4-2, are celebrating their victory. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.2/
It is unpredictable because no team is particularly weak. SSG Landers and NC Dinos have good basic power. KT Wiz is the dark horse in the second half of the year. It is a sign that the miracle that went from last place to second place last season will be reproduced again this year. Lotte Giants is also recovering from the end of the first half due to manager Kim Tae-hyung's toughness and strong offense. Hanwha Eagles also changed the atmosphere with the appointment of head coach Kim Kyung-moon. Head coach Yang Seung-kwan and pitcher coach Yang Sang-moon, whom head coach Kim trusts, are expected to show further changes.

Kiwoom is the best contributor to this season's 'honey fun' gift. In fact, Lee Jung-hoo and Ahn Woo-jin were excluded and were evaluated as the worst players ever. He was evaluated as a player who could lose 100 games before the game. However, young players, led by head coach Hong Won-ki, are gathering together to show better-than-expected performance. Especially, I was very good at farming foreigners. Kiwoom is a team that can never be seen as a pushover if only three players, including Hurado-Heysus and Bok-dong Dawson, the strongest one-two punch in the league, are not shaken by injuries.



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