'Elo-Gi-Sam-han' MVP's all-time fan voting war from March to April...Will Lotte-Hanwha-Samsung get a family fight, KIA-LG get a fortune
'Elo-Gi-Sam-han' MVP's all-time fan voting war from March to April...Will Lotte-Hanwha-Samsung get a family fight, KIA-LG get a fortune
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The first monthly MVP competition in the KBO League in the 2025 season is expected to be fiercer than ever.
KBO announced on the 2nd that "a total of eight players have been confirmed as the first monthly MVP candidate in the 2025 KBO League."안전놀이터
Among the pitchers, KIA Nail, Lotte Park Se-woong, Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun and Ponce, and Samsung Kim Sung-yoon, Diaz, LG Austin, and Lotte Jeon Min-jae are selected as candidates and are seeking to win the monthly MVP award from March to April.
Lotte and Hanwha, which both posted better-than-expected performances in the early days of the season, produced two candidates each. Lotte and Hanwha tied for first place (16 wins and eight losses) in April's performance. Samsung, which also blasted home runs at its home stadium, also nominated two batters. LG, the leader, nominated one, and Kia, the champion of last year, nominated one.
Park Se-woong of the Lotte Giants ranks first in multiple wins with six wins. Jeon Min-jae, who showed off his talent after the trade, was the only hitter in the league for the month of April. Ponce, a foreign pitcher of the Hanwha Eagles, ranked first in strikeouts with five wins. Kim Seo-hyun took the finishing position and tied for first in saves with an earned run average of 0 points. Samsung Diaz ranks first in home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage, while Kim Seong-yoon is the leader in offense by ranking first in batting average. KIA Nail ranks first in ERA, Austin tied for first in scoring, and tied for second in home runs and RBIs.
The monthly MVP is selected monthly by the KBO and Shinhan Bank, the KBO League title sponsor. The monthly MVP, which is awarded to the player who showed the best performance in the KBO League every month, selects the final winner by adding up the fan vote and the press corps vote of the Korea Baseball Press Association. Fans can vote from 10 a.m. on the 2nd to 23:59 a.m. on the 7th on Shinhan Bank's mobile application "Shinhan SOL Bank."
It will be difficult for any candidate to win overwhelming votes in the press corps vote. Detailed performance is excellent in Nail, Ponce, Park Se-woong, and Diaz, but Jeon Min-jae, who has a trade story, and Kim Seo-hyun, who is leading Hanwha's rise with surprising performances as soon as he finishes, can also stimulate votes.
The score of the fan vote can have an important influence on the MVP decision. Although they were ahead of the press corps vote, they were sometimes overturned in the final result of adding up fan votes.
Candidates have emerged from "Elo-Geul-Sam-han," which everyone would feel sad about. Lotte, Hanwha, and Samsung have two candidates each. Votes can be divided. Nail and Austin can monopolize the votes of KIA and LG fans.
The monthly MVP winner selected through the final voting results will receive a monthly MVP commemorative trophy along with a prize of 3 million won. In addition, a donation of 2 million won will be delivered to the junior high school of the MVP-winning Korean player through the sponsorship of Shinhan Bank for the development of youth baseball in the name of the player.