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input2025-07-16 14:48:38
(Sports Seoul | Reporter Lee So -young) The competition for home runs this season has been on fire again. Lewin Diaz (Samsung), who runs overwhelming first place, is pursuing ‘closely’ with the bitter momentum of Patrick Wisdom (KIA).
Currently, Diaz hit the most home run in the 2025 KBO League. Last year, Diaz, who wore Samsung uniforms, has played 29 home runs in 88 games this season. Besides, this year is the first full time season.
At the beginning of the season, it was sluggish, and since April, the company has held a full -fledged ‘home run show’. In particular, three arches were drawn on April 25 in NC.
However, the pace has been slightly fallen recently. On the 18th of last month, he struck out a multi -home run against Doosan, but after that, he was braked in the ‘home run factory’, including 13 consecutive games. At the end of the first half, I added two home runs, but there is certainly a sense of fiery momentum.
While Diaz is slowing, Wisdom has emerged as a new ‘bottle’. Wisdom’s momentum, which has been in 68 games this season and has 20 home runs, is not unusual. He has been flying after his return to injury last month.
During the same period, Wizham drove eight home runs until the last game of the first half of July, starting on June 19. As the hitting feeling survived, he hit a home run and went to the home run king. The gap with Diaz also narrowed to nine.
LG Austin, the second -largest LG Austin, was also a countermeasure, but he left the company due to injury on the 3rd. Austin played in 75 games and produced 20 home runs. However, because of the pace just before the injury, he played only four homers in 23 games in a month since June.
As the second half remains, it is too early to predict. In particular, Diaz won eight home runs in the All -Star Home Run Derby on the 11th. At the same time, not only the most home run in the comamps zone, but also the distance award, and informed them of the health.
Who will be the home run king this season? While Wisdom is coming up, the birth of the first 50 home run protagonists of the KBO League foreign batter seems to be in the near future. sshong@sportsseoul.com