KIA's slugger, who said he would move on if he got caught without batting order, disappeared for 10 games without a home run → advantage

May 12, 2025

KIA's slugger, who said he would move on if he got caught without batting order, disappeared for 10 games without a home run → advantage
KIA-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. Wisdom hits with one out and one on the first base in the top of the third inning. Incheon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.11/



Missing strengths. With Patrick Wisdom's long gun gone, the entire team's lineup is stagnating.

The KIA Tigers only won and lost 1-2 in the away series against the SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon last weekend. After the game on the first day was postponed due to rain, he won the game on the second day, but lost both games of the doubleheader on the last day. In the last 10 games, the team ranked eighth with four wins and six losses. The defending champion has disappeared.

In particular, foreign hitter Wisdom's home run shot disappeared. Wisdom's most recent home run was against the Samsung Lions on April 24. He hit his ninth homer of the season at the time. Until then, he was leading the home run, but has been silent for 10 games since then.




In the meantime, the competitors have risen. Samsung's Lewin Diaz started hitting home runs in late April and leads the league with 15 home runs, while LG Twins Austin Dean and Hanwha Eagles Noh Si-hwan tied for second place with 10 home runs. Wisdom is in a joint fourth place group with Samsung's Park Byung-ho, LG's Park Dong-won and NC's Kim Hyung-joon.

KIA's slugger, who said he would move on if he got caught without batting order, disappeared for 10 games without a home run → advantage
KBO League Kiwoom and KIA at Gocheok Dome on the 6th. KIA Wisdom, who is struck out on the first and third bases with no outs in the seventh inning. Gocheok = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.06/
Wisdom is more often placed in the second batting order than in the recent central batting order. It is a desperate measure of its own. KIA's coaching staff, who are contemplating the utilization of Kim Do-young and Wisdom with Park Chan-ho at the center, put Wisdom on the table setter No. 2 to put a little more pressure on the opponent. Manager Lee Bum-ho said, `When I see Wisdom's batting pace now, I think it's a little more appropriate to play a role in creating chances rather than solving it directly in certain situations, so I'm sending him out as a second batter", he explained.

However, Wisdom's long shot went missing. Wisdom has a batting average of only 11.1 in seven games played in May, and has only two hits in 27 at-bats and two long balls. Choi Hyung-woo, a .300 hitter, is working hard, but the entire team's batting lineup is having a hard time as Wisdom's strengths of 'If you get caught, you'll move on' are not being shown. It is true that the opponent's checks have become more severe, but on the contrary, Wisdom's batting is also increasingly difficult to take advantage of at-bats.




KIA's slugger, who said he would move on if he got caught without batting order, disappeared for 10 games without a home run → advantage
A match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. KIA Wisdom is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the top of the sixth inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/
He is a batter with 88 home runs in the Major League and originally has a lot of strikeouts, so he recruited him with some consideration that he could be a `all or no' hitter. The on-base percentage for the season is not bad at 0.361, but looking at Wisdom's recent hit, even such extreme advantages seem to have faded a little.

KIA's batting average in May was .21, the last among the 10 teams. In particular, he is overwhelmingly last with three home runs. Difficult games continue as the long hit decreases and the ability to solve even in opportunity situations decreases sharply. The biggest concern is the recent bullpen turbulence, but the lineup, which is no less cohesive, is also at the heart of the slump.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.