There is a home run king in my house… In the first half, the 8th place finish Samsung, ‘outside the blanket’ bat must be operated.

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(Sports Seoul | Reporter Lee So -young) This year, Samsung is struggling to leave the toxic house. Even the diligent ‘home run factory’ is caught in braking as if you have forgotten my role. In order to make a leap forward, you have to solve the homework.

Lewin Diaz won the 2025 KBO All -Star Professional Baseball Home Run Derby at the Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 11th, and wiped both the most home run and the distance award. In particular, he played an active role in Samsung, who was in a ‘winning streak’ drought.

Diaz scored 29 homers in the first half. Compared to Patrick Wiz Dum (KIA) and Austin Dean (LG), co -home runs in the home run category, it is the overwhelming league of nine, with nine differences. Above all, there was a monster wall on the right side of Hanwha Life Ball Park, so there was a view that it would be relatively disadvantageous for left -handed batters.

However, Samsung fell into four consecutive defeats. Following the first one of the 10 teams this season, the company surpassed 1 million spectators, and the average crowd was noticed by 20,000. In this all-star game, Diaz-Koo Ja-wook, Kang Min-ho, Ryu Ji-hyuk, Kim Ji-chan, Bae Chan-seung, and Lee Ho-sung were produced, but the first half of the report was not green.

The last three consecutive sweep plaques in the first half of the first half of the first half of the year before the All -Star are painful. Samsung, which had maintained a 50 % odds, finished seventh place to NC, which was followed by the seventh place. As of the 13th, Samsung has recorded 43 wins, 1 draw and 44 losses and 0.494 wins. The difference from Hanwha is 10 games.

The problem is the tuta of the tuta. Even if the selection is well thrown, the other line is silent. In the match on the 9th, Choi Won -tae’s early pitches were shaken, but he played his share as a six -inning three -run quality start (QS). On the 10th, Lee Seung -hyun also surpassed 5.2 innings. But it was defeated. Pilseungjo is missing, and the batting line is too bad. The bullpen collapsed.

The gap between home and expeditions is also significant. While all teams have a higher home odds than the expedition, Samsung ranks 9th with a 0.390 away odds except for the lowest Kiwoom (0.286). On the other hand, Daegu Samsung Lions Park recorded 0.587, ranking fourth in the home. It is also important to show good performances at home, but it is regrettable that it covers ‘place’.

Samsung uses Lions Park, one of the batter -friendly stadiums. Considering this, Samsung batters produced more home runs at home compared to the expedition. Diaz also shot 22 home runs in 43 home games, while only seven expeditions were made, and only Koo Ja -wook (4), Park Byung -ho (4) and Kim Young -woong (1) were only. At the same time, Kang Min -ho recorded four home runs in the home and expeditions. In addition, team betting seems to be required rather than just home runs.

Psychological factors cannot be ignored. The psychological stability of the home stadium and the shouts of the home fan that fills the stadium will have to affect the performance. In a strange place, the so -called unfamiliar. However, you can’t play only at home, and all the teams play under the same conditions. Someone means home game, and others have an expedition.

Although the first half is not good, it is too early to give up. If you take a streak in a tight ranking competition, the flow can change at any time. If Won Tae -in and Baek Jung -hyun, who have left the power for a while, returned and the batting ‘bat’ operates, there is room for rebound in the second half. sshong@sportsseoul.com