Diaz is overwhelmingly No. 1, and Home Run Derby is a dark cloud?It could be Ahn Hyunmin's performance. Why?
Jul 11, 2025
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Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park opened this year. There is a huge wall 8m high on the right fence. A.k.a. 'Monster Wall'
Hanwha Life Ball Park has an asymmetric structure with an outfield distance of 99m on the left and 95m on the right. Instead of the distance on the right being 4 m short, an 8 m 'monster wall' was built to compensate for this.
The players who saw Monster Wall were tongue-in-cheek. In particular, 'big left-handed hitters' have a big handicap in home run production. Although the distance is short, it is not easy to send the ball out of the fence with some ballistics in order for a home run to come out.
All-Star Game Home Run Derby to determine the best of 2025. The participants were decided by 100% fan voting. KT Ahn Hyun-min, Samsung Lewin Diaz, SSG Choi Jung, Hanwha Moon Hyun-bin, Kiwoom Song Sung-moon, NC Kim Hyung-joon, LG Park Dong-won and Kiwoom Lee Ju-hyung, who received the top votes through fan voting among the 12 All-Star players who recorded more than eight home runs until the 29th of last month.
Up to last year, 'Outset' method. For the first time this year, the 'part-time' method was introduced. Last year, the player with the most home runs based on 7 outs in the preliminary round and 10 outs in the final became the winner. Starting this year, both qualifying and finals can hit without a limit of two minutes of pitching time, and a maximum of 30 seconds can be used for each time. Even after the time limit has ended, additional hits can be made until two outs in the preliminary round and three outs in the final round.
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Diaz hit 29 home runs in the first half, overwhelmingly leading second-place Patrick Wisdom (KIA) Austin Dean (LG, 20 home runs) by nine home runs. However, none of this season's home runs exceeded Monster Wall.
On the other hand, it could be advantageous for Ahn Hyun-min, who took the top spot in fan voting. All 16 home runs hit this season are distributed on the left and center walls.
As it creates a home run by pulling based on solid power, it is advantageous to cross the fence of Hanwha Life Ball Park. In addition, the distance is well over 120m, so the all-time home run show may be held.
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In the match against KIA in Daejeon on the 10th, the last game of the first half, he had a walk-off hit, showing a sense of 'heavy hitting'.
Meanwhile, KBO unveiled the Home Run Derby winning product on the 10th. The winner with the most home runs will receive a trophy and a prize of 5 million won, along with the Galaxy S25 Ultra. LG Standby Me 2 will be provided to the player who hit the longest home run by awarding a trophy and 1 million won in prize money to the runner-up. In addition, the player with the most home runs in the 'Compya Zone' designated in the outfield will receive the Compya Zone Most Home Run Award and donate 1 million won worth of baseball supplies to the player's alma mater.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.