Lough, will Smith go over range, Navarro? Diaz, the dream transformational king of Samsung's all-time foreign hitter, needs Park Byung-ho

May 27, 2025

Lough, will Smith go over range, Navarro? Diaz, the dream transformational king of Samsung's all-time foreign hitter, needs Park Byung-ho
KBO League match between Samsung and KIA at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 25th. Samsung Diaz hit a two-run home run against KIA starter Yoon Young-chul in the bottom of the first inning. Diaz performing a ceremony. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.25/



Samsung Lewin Diaz (29), who once turned from an ugly duckling to a swan.

It completely shook off the public opinion about the exit. Boldly accepted the change during the season.

He listened to the advice of Samsung manager Park Jin-man. He only puts up with strikes through the manned ball. Now, I push it over and pass it over. The walk-off home run taken away by Jo Sang-woo against KIA on the 25th was a home run that was pushed over. This season's 20th home run, the fastest pace of 20 home runs among hitters from Korea, the U.S. and Japan in the three countries, became a hot topic of conversation.




a change during the season. It's easy to say. It's never easy.

Originally, Diaz is the type to aim for a shot. It was kind of like everything or everything. But now he throws away the bad ball and hits only good balls over the fence. He pushes and hits a long shot.

Now he dreams of becoming Samsung's best foreign home run hitter of all time. It is a possible scenario with the current momentum.




Just over one-third of the season. He already has 20 home runs. Arithmetically, 55 home runs are also possible.
Lough, will Smith go over range, Navarro? Diaz, the dream transformational king of Samsung's all-time foreign hitter, needs Park Byung-ho
The KBO League match between Samsung and KIA at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 25th. Samsung Diaz, who hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and rejoices with his teammates. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.25/
The most home runs in a single season by a Samsung foreign hitter was 48 home runs by Yamako Navarro in 2015. Charles Smith's 40 home runs in 1999 are followed. Darin Ruf hit 33 home runs in 2018, and Jose Pirella hit 29 home runs in 2021.

It's only a matter of time before he overtakes Ruf with more than 30 home runs. If Smith exceeds 40 home runs, it will be a historic moment to surpass 40 home runs in 26 years. So far, it is very likely even considering summer variables.

If you exceed 48 home runs and exceed 50 home runs with arithmetic calculations, it will be a new history. The next target is Lee Seung-yeop's 56 home runs in 2003. It is the most home runs in a season for a Samsung batter and the most home runs in a KBO league season. If it becomes a reality, the MVP is naturally his responsibility.
Lough, will Smith go over range, Navarro? Diaz, the dream transformational king of Samsung's all-time foreign hitter, needs Park Byung-ho
A match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 23rd. Samsung's Park Byung-ho is training with coach Lee Jin-young. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.23/
The key is summer weather. Through the increasingly harsh hot weather, many players have mixed feelings of joy and sorrow. It is fortunate that he is a first baseman who consumes relatively less physical strength. Whether right-handed slugger Park Byung-ho, who has been out for a while due to the injury, can return and share the burden of defense is expected to be the key to Diaz's home run record and MVP challenge.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.