I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced

Jun 02, 2025

I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
Lotte-Samsung match held at Lions Park in Daegu on the 27th. Kim Sung-yoon is welcomed after Diaz hit a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.27/



I don't know who to pick. The MVP candidate for May, which is fiercer than ever, was selected.

KBO announced a total of six players as candidates for May's monthly MVP on the 2nd. Among pitchers, KT Wiz Oh Won-seok, SSG Landers Drew Anderson, Hanwha Eagles Cody Ponce, KIA Tigers Choi Hyung-woo, Samsung Lions Diaz and KT Wiz Ahn Hyun-min are aiming for the monthly MVP in May.

I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
The KBO League KT Wiz and Doosan Bears match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. KT Oh Won-seok is catching his breath. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.29/
▲ Oh Won-seok of KT




It was May when KT Oh Won-seok's performance was outstanding. Oh Won-seok tied for first place with four wins and no losses in five games and ranked third with a 1.95 ERA. Oh Won-seok played a solid starting role in all five games he played in May, scoring quality starts (three earned runs or less in six innings).

▲ SSG Anderson

SSG Anderson has had a month near perfection. Anderson went three wins and no losses in five starts and ranked No. 1 per month with a 0.30 ERA. He allowed only one earned run in a total of 29 ⅔ innings and overwhelmed hitters with 39 strikeouts, ranking third in the category.




I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
SSG-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd. Starting pitcher Anderson is pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.2/
▲ Hanwha Ponsae

Hanwha Ponce, who was selected as the monthly MVP from March to April, continued his performance in May. Ponce was ranked fourth in innings and second with a 1.91 ERA with three wins and 33 unbeaten innings in five games. The strikeouts also proved their power with 44 strikeouts, ranking first in a month. In particular, in the match against Daejeon SSG on the 17th, he set a new league history by setting a new record (18 strikeouts) for the most strikeouts in a game.

I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Hanwha Ponce and head coach Kim Kyung-moon, who won in the 11th inning of extra time, are cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.28/
▲ KIA Choi Hyung-woo




KIA Choi Hyung-woo played a key role in leading the team's batting lineup. Choi Hyung-woo played in 25 games and ranked first in all categories with a batting average of 0.407, a slugging percentage of 0.721 and an on-base percentage of 0.505. In particular, his batting average was the only monthly batting average in the league to reach .400. In addition, he tied for third place with 35 hits and fifth place with 23 RBIs.

▲ Samsung Diaz

Samsung Diaz's home run march continues. Diaz played in 26 games and ranked first with 10 homers and 29 RBIs. In addition, he was the first to reach the league's 20 home runs mark with his first walk-off home run in the 2025 KBO League against KIA in Daegu on May 25. In addition, he led Samsung's batters with 18 points (joint second) and a slugging percentage of 0.624 (joint fourth).

I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st. In the top of the fifth inning, Choi Hyung-woo hits a double with one out and a runner on first base. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.21/
▲ KT Ahn Hyun Min

KT Ahn Hyun-min showed his presence as a big gun for a month in May. He tied for first with 29 RBIs and second with a slugging percentage of 0.706 and 18 points. In particular, he tied for second place every month with nine home runs, and on May 29, he made a strong impression against Doosan in Suwon by hitting his first grand slam since his debut.

The 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League Monthly MVP will be selected monthly by 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 Korea Baseball Press Association press corps vote. Fan voting will be available from 1 p.m. on June 2 to 11:59 p.m. on June 8 on Shinhan Bank's mobile application Shinhan SOL Bank.

I don't know who to pick All-time May MVP Nominees Announced
In the game between KIA and KT at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 1st, KT Ahn Hyun-min is happy to hit a hit in the bottom of the first inning with one out and a runner on the first base. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/
The monthly MVP winner selected through the final voting results will be given a prize of 3 million won and a monthly MVP commemorative trophy. 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.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.