For no reason, why the shock mystery, .30 home runs, and 100 RBIs, and the former MVP, a horror hitter, became a scarecrow in a year

Aug 03, 2025

For no reason, why the shock mystery, .30 home runs, and 100 RBIs, and the former MVP, a horror hitter, became a scarecrow in a year
A match between the Samsung Lions and the KT Wiz at Daegu Lions Park on the 15th. KT Rojas is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and a runner on second base in the top of the sixth inning. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.15/



"I've never seen a case like this before."

Former MVP of the glory, Rojas' KBO league journey is likely to be over.

KT Wiz chose to say goodbye to Rojas, the MVP of the 2020 regular season and a foreign hitter who has been with him for six seasons. KT chose Stevenson as its new foreign hitter. Stevenson is a left-handed, left-handed outfielder. He is a mid- to long-range player who can play KT's troubled center field defense due to Bae Jeong-dae's injury departure. He is considered the right person to scratch KT's itchy part. He also played for the Nippon Ham Fighters last year, so he is not expected to have a big problem adapting to Asian baseball.




The new player came, but it was a pity for fans not to see Rojas. He was always bright and cheerful, and his fan service was the best.

Rojas came back ahead of last season after failing in the Japanese professional baseball league, and he hit 329 with 32 home runs and 112 RBIs in the game as if he was protesting that `I'm not dead.' It couldn't be called a season of sparkle. There was already so much I showed you. KT also had no choice but to pay the highest annual salary of 1.8 million dollars in full guarantee ahead of this season.

For no reason, why the shock mystery, .30 home runs, and 100 RBIs, and the former MVP, a horror hitter, became a scarecrow in a year
The KBO League KT Wiz and Samsung Lions match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 26th. Rojas is taking a hit. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.26/
But what's wrong with this. It's a sudden fall. Before being kicked out, he had a batting average of 239, 14 homers and 43 RBIs. Home runs have been around for a while, but most of them did not affect the game. In June, he also experienced humiliation in the second division. But after going to the second team, I did worse. It has reached the level of not being able to hit the ball with the bat at all.




It's a real mystery. A professional player cannot show the same performance every season, but it is very rare to see such a sharp drop in a single season without any special reason. If Rojas had a batting average of 280 home runs and 80 RBIs in the season, he wouldn't have said 'shock slump'. But his baseball this year was literally 'Vertical Descent'.

I am 35 years old this year. He is old enough to be broken. It is said that one year and one year are different in the twilight of one's career. In particular, the flow of time is even scarier for power heaters who have to hit home runs. Muscle strength and quickness deteriorate rapidly. However, it is ambiguous to explain the reason for the sluggishness by getting a year older. There were no particular injuries.

For no reason, why the shock mystery, .30 home runs, and 100 RBIs, and the former MVP, a horror hitter, became a scarecrow in a year
KT Rojas hits and shares joy in the bottom of the 8th inning at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 1st. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/
Then is it a psychological problem. Was there a family affair. It is said that there was none at all. Rojas has no incentive. Aren't you nervous because it's a full guarantee? I'm not that type of player. That part can be inferred. Since something is twisted from the beginning and there is no performance, there is a possibility that he fell into the so-called "mental breakdown" at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half under pressure to make up for it. If the breaking ball really fell, he couldn't hold back his bat, and he was often exposed to regret that his tears would burst any moment.




For no reason, why the shock mystery, .30 home runs, and 100 RBIs, and the former MVP, a horror hitter, became a scarecrow in a year
A match between the Samsung Lions and the KT Wiz at Daegu Lions Park on the 15th. KT Rojas is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and a runner on second base in the top of the sixth inning. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.15/
Then why was it twisted from the beginning. If you have to look for a clue, it is a change in batting form. Rojas said he wanted to do better this year than last year, so he tried to change his swing trajectory from spring camp to 'upper swing'. However, it didn't fit him, and he was originally going to return to his swing, but when this didn't work out, he was in a hurry. Still, it's hard to believe if a batter at the Rojas level touched the batting form for a while and that's why it collapsed like this.

A KT official said, `No one in the club, including the coaching staff and the front desk, thought Rojas would show such a serious slump. I really don't think I've ever seen such an extreme case. We were embarrassed, too. Rojas was a really important player for KT, and unfortunately, now we have no choice but to hope Stevenson will do well."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.