Finally, ABS Stadium will be operated, and the fun championship will be held from this year
Feb 13, 2025
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The 2025 KBO Futures League will open on March 14. The opening game will be held at a total of five stadiums: Ganghwa (Goyang-SSG), Icheon (LG-Doosan), Seosan (KIA-Hanwha), Gyeongsan (NC-Samsung), and Sangdong (KT-Lotte).
The 2025 KBO Futures League will be divided into two leagues: Northern (Hanwha, SSG, LG, Doosan, and Goyang) and Southern (Sangmu, KT, Samsung, NC, Lotte, and KIA). The Northern League was organized into 20 games (10 home and away games) and the Southern League, excluding Sangmu, into 18 games (9 home and away games). Sangmu will play the 16th game (8 home and away games).
Except for Sangmu, the Southern League has organized the 6th game (three home and away games each), the 8th game of Sangmu (five home games and three away games), and the 8th game of the Northern League (three home games and five away games). As a result, a total of 650 games were organized by September 27 (Saturday), 118 games per team in the Northern and Southern leagues (120 permanent games).
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This season, ABS (automatic ball/strike judgment system) will be expanded to all stadiums, and video reading of check swing will be introduced in some stadiums as a trial. ABS, which was officially introduced in all first-team stadiums last year, was only implemented in some stadiums in the second-tier stadiums, causing complaints at the site. At that time, there was an explanation that it was difficult to implement due to differences in the environment of each Futures League stadium, but it was decided to introduce all stadiums this season.
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In addition, the overtime match will be the same this season. Even at the end of the ninth inning, if the game is tied, the game will be played from the 10th inning until the victory or defeat is decided. Batters will enter the batter's box from the previous inning's batting order, and the runner will place the players who were in the leading order than the batters who entered the batter's box on the first and second bases, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Futures League championship match will be established from this season, and the No. 1 team in the Northern League and the No. 1 team in the Southern League will determine the strongest team in the 2025 season.
In the Futures League, the venue of some games may be changed depending on the stadium situation, and games will also be held at KBO League stadiums such as Gocheok, Daegu, and Sajik during the summer league period.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
