There is no justification for an investment of 2.4 billion won for second place in home runs as amazing as a miracle fall baseball

Oct 05, 2025

There is no justification for an investment of 2.4 billion won for second place in home runs as amazing as a miracle fall baseball
The KBO League game between NC and LG at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. NC Davidson hit a preemptive solo home run against LG Song Seung-ki in the bottom of the second inning. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/



No, when did you get 2nd place.

The 2025 KBO League regular season, which was a series of twists and turns, came to an end. The LG Twins and the NC Dinos dramatically ranked 1st and 5th, becoming the last protagonists in the 'all-time' rankings competition.

The individual title competition is also over. Ahn Hyun-min (KT) competed against each other at the last minute, but Yang Eui-ji (Doosan) took the top spot by 3 ri. Diaz (Samsung) eventually hit 50 home runs and became the hero of history. Diaz won three gold medals including RBIs (158) and slugging percentage (0.644).




The pitching category was summarized as four gold medals for Ponce (Hanwha). He dominated four categories: multiple wins, ERA, winning percentage and strikeouts.

Among them, there is a standout runner-up, so NC Dinos foreign hitter Davison. Davison is ranked second in the category with 36 home runs. He kept his pride as the home run king last year.

There is no justification for an investment of 2.4 billion won for second place in home runs as amazing as a miracle fall baseball
The KIA-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 30th. In the bottom of the first inning, Diaz hit a three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and third bases, achieving 50 home runs. Diaz is flapping the flag. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.30/
In fact, the home run sector was a competitive sector with the least attention from fans. Diaz was so unrivaled from the start, there was no need to check.




Davison, who was considered Diaz's rival, has moaned from repeated injuries this year. Instead of Davison, Wisdom (KIA) and Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha) seemed to compete for the second place.

Wisdom has a low batting average, but he has increased the number of home runs with his unique power to go over if he gets caught. Noh Si-hwan also shook off his slump in the first half of the year and fully revived in the second half.

But there was someone who quietly threatened them, Davison. Davison, who had only 16 home runs in the first half, had to collide with Lee Jae-hyun (Samsung) at the end of the first half and was diagnosed with a Cheongcheon medical history of rib incontinence. It was going to take about six weeks, and by August Davison had come back and turned his bat around, whether it was a miraculous pace of recovery or great endurance. And in August, he made a turnaround in his 11th home run.




There is no justification for an investment of 2.4 billion won for second place in home runs as amazing as a miracle fall baseball
SSG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 2nd. Moussa Wisdom is high-fiving coach Cho Jae-young after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.10.2/
In September, he added nine home runs without stopping. It quietly surpassed Wisdom, Noh Si-hwan, and Austin (LG). Wisdom hit two home runs in the last two games in October, but failed to surpass Davison with only 35.

Davison's late performance gave NC a huge boost. NC dramatically won the last autumn baseball ticket, beating KT with its last miraculous nine-game winning streak. They were Davison's home runs that made rookie coach Lee Ho-joon a master.

There is no justification for an investment of 2.4 billion won for second place in home runs as amazing as a miracle fall baseball
The match between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 27th. NC Davidson, with two outs, is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the top of the fourth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.27/
Davison only played 439 at-bats this season due to his injury. Compared to 628 at-bats, Wisdom 486 at-bats, Noh Si-hwan 624 at-bats and Austin 499, Diaz has produced home runs efficiently while at-bats. Davison said, `Homerun compared to last year's. If it wasn't for injuries, I don't know what the home run race would be like" expressed confidence.

Davison signed a multi-year contract for the first time as a foreign player ahead of this season. He received $1.5 million this year, and has a $1.7 million contract (about 2.4 billion won) left as a club option. With this destructive power, there seems to be no reason for the club to let Davison go. Of course, injury is also a skill, so injury management seems to be a prerequisite for recapturing the home run king next year.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.