There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players

Jul 02, 2025

There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 1st. Lotte Reyes, with two outs and runners on second base, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the eighth inning. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.01/



A total of six players have been selected as candidates for the monthly MVP in June of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League. Among the pitchers, KIA Jeon Sang-hyun, Lotte Gamboa, NC Logan, and Lotte Reyes, NC Davidson, and Park Min-woo among the fielders are aiming for the monthly MVP award in June.

There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
A game between the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. KIA Jeon Sang-hyun is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.28/
▲ KIA Jeon Sang-hyun

KIA Jeon Sang-hyun played a key role in KIA's rise in June by playing a key role in the team's bullpen. Jeon Sang-hyun pitched in 15 of KIA's 24 games in June, becoming the most played pitcher in the league in June. Despite the most appearances, Jeon Sang-hyun recorded 171/3 innings, 2.08 ERA, and 9 holds. In addition to ranking first in this category with nine holds, he became the first KIA player to achieve a career-high 100 holds against LG in Jamsil on June 28.




There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
The game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th, and Lotte Gamboa, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the fifth inning, cheers when the video review result was overturned to out. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.20/
▲ Lotte Gamboa

Gamboa, who joined the team in the middle of the season, quickly jumped to the center of the team's mound. Gamboa won all five of her starts with five wins and no losses, and ranked first in the winning category. He finished first in the league with a 1.72 ERA with only six earned runs in 31 1/3 innings. He also ranked second in the league in the innings and recorded four quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) in five appearances.

There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
In the first game of a doubleheader between NC and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, NC starter Logan is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.11/
▲ NC Logan




NC Logan started five games in June and pitched 33 innings, and played more than six innings in all games he pitched, ranking first in the league in innings. He recorded quality starts in all games, and even after pitching many innings, he recorded a 1.91 ERA, ranking second in the league in wins (3 wins) and ERA. In particular, in the last two games in June, against KT on June 22 and Doosan on the 28th, he showed seven scoreless innings and eight scoreless innings, respectively.

▲ Lotte Reyes

Lotte Reyes ranked at the top of the league in most batting indicators in June. He played 12 multi-hit games in 22 games in June, including eight consecutive multi-hit games from Sajik Kiwoom on June 3 to Suwon KT on June 11. With a batting average of 0.424 and 36 hits, he ranked first in the league in terms of batting average and hits. He also led the way with an on-base percentage of 0.485 and ranked third in the league with a slugging percentage of 0.600 and fourth with 21 RBIs, excelling in his central batter role.




There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
A game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 1st. Lotte Davidson, who overcame the crisis of losing a point with one out and 2.3 bases in the top of the sixth inning, is cheering. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.01/
▲ NC Davidson

NC Davidson led the lineup with his long-shot power. Davison appeared in 23 games, batting .337 with seven homers and a .616 slugging percentage, topping the league in home runs and slugging percentage. From the match against Changwon LG on June 4 to the match against Daegu Samsung on June 7, he also hit home runs in four consecutive games.

There's no phone tax this time? Monthly MVP candidates announced in June, 4 out of 6 foreign players
In the NC-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 1st, Park Min-woo, who scored on Park Gun-woo's hit with one out and runners on the first and third bases, is welcomed. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.1/
▲ Park Min-woo, NC

NC Park Min-woo showed a steady performance. Park Min-woo posted a batting average of 0.369, 31 hits, and 24 RBIs in 21 games, ranking first in RBIs, third in batting average, and tied for third in hits. On June 7, he completed his first five-run game in seven years with three hits and five RBIs against Daegu Samsung. With an on-base percentage of 0.413 and a slugging percentage of 0.512, he led the team's offensive flow throughout June by consistently performing in all areas of offense.

The 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League Monthly MVP is 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 10 a.m. on July 2nd (Wed.) to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 7th on the Shinhan Bank mobile application Shinhan SOL Bank.

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.