"The competitor is too powerful." The first time that the home run king can't make it?
"The competitor is too powerful." The first time that the home run king can't make it?
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Matt Davidson, who hit the most home runs in the league this season, will win the Golden Glove Award, which is given to the best player in each position.
NC Dinos Davidson had a successful debut season in the KBO League. Having experienced a bitter failure in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), Davidson signed a contract with the NC Dinosaurs ahead of the 2024 season and embarked on a challenge to play in the Korean league.
The result was a success. With a batting average of .306, 154 hits - 46 homers - 119 RBIs, and OPS of 1.003. He steadily increased the number of homers in May and 12 homers in June, beating out prominent competitors such as Kim Do-young and Choi Jeong.
As a result, he won the title of "homer king" with 46 home runs. Davidson is the only batter with more than 40 home runs. Foreign hitters showed weakness in the home run race this season, but Davidson confidently hit the most home runs. NC is currently negotiating with Davidson to renew the contract for the next season.
Davidson's main position is first base. However, winning the Golden Glove award in the first base category may not be easy. He has too strong a competitor. He is Austin Dean, a foreign hitter for the LG Twins.
Austin, who led LG to an overall championship title last year, also showed a solid performance in the LG lineup this year. He was the best hitter in his team with a batting average of 319, 168 hits, 32 homers, 132 RBIs and an OPS of 0.957 while playing 140 games.
Davison is ahead in home runs and OPS, but competition is not easy because Austin's impact is so great. Austin won the first baseman defense award at the KBO Awards held on the 26th.
Of course, it is shocking that the most dignified individual title player could not win the Golden Glove award. Most previous "homerang kings" won the Golden Glove award.
Failure cases were close to extraordinary. In 1998, Tyrone Woods, the home run king of the year, failed to win the Golden Glove vote, while Park Kyung-wan, the home run king, failed to win the honor in the catcher category, losing to Hong Seong-hun. In 2015, Park, who hit 53 home runs, failed to win the Golden Glove, losing to Eric Thames, who spent the Monster season with a 40-40 record. 스포츠토토
A prominent rival who can be convinced by either of them. While the Golden Glove vote has not yet begun, attention is focusing on the result of whether Davison will be able to reverse the situation or whether Austin, who has achieved synergy with his team's performance, will take the golden glove for the second consecutive year.