Park Byung-ho and Choi Jeong were the last to go. Foreign hitters have never been allowed to hitters. What will happen to Matt Davidson (34), a foreign hitter at the NC Dinos, for his second consecutive home run title.

Since 1998 when the Korean pro-baseball player system was introduced, only five foreign home run winners have been Tyrone Woods (42 home runs) in 1998, Larry Sutton (35 home runs) in 2005, Eric Thames (40 home runs) in 2016, Mel Rojas Jr. (47 home runs) in 2020, and Davison (46 home runs) in 2024. Surprisingly, there are not many.먹튀검증

Naturally, no foreign player has won the title for the second consecutive season. Woods had 34 homers in 1999 and Sutton had 18 homers in 2006, which has seen his productivity decline the following season. Thames and Rojas became home run king and left the KBO League. Rojas returned after a four-year hiatus last year, but his number slightly decreased with 32 homers.

There are not many Korean players who became the home run king for two consecutive years. As of the 2000s, only Lee Seung-yeop won the title for consecutive years, Park Byung-ho from 2012-2015 and Choi Jeong from 2016-2017. From 2018 to last year, the title changed every year.

How will Davidson fare this year? It was recently revealed that he has been on a diet. He recently opened his own YouTube channel and released a video of him training at Tucson Spring camp in Arizona. He did not make any special comments on the video, but he still produced powerful batting.

Davidson was a typical racketeer in the U.S. He hit 46 home runs and a batting average of 0.306 during the 2024 season. As time passed, he recognized the tendencies of KBO league pitchers and maximized his strengths. Based on his experiences last year, he will become the home run champion for two consecutive years.

However, the team has strong competitors. Among foreign hitters this year, the KIA Tigers' new face Patrick Wisdom stands out. Wisdom is similar to Davidson's. He had many styles in both home runs and strikeouts. Manager Lee Bum-ho has a view that if Wisdom starts to watch the ball for a longer time to cope with the slowness of KBO league pitchers, he will also pick out a pitcher and make good batting. Wisdom boasts 88 home runs in the Major League.

Wisdom announced on KBS N Sports' YouTube channel that he would hit 45 home runs in line with his uniform number of 45 this season. If realized, he will likely stage a fierce race with Davidson. As most foreign hitters are medium to long distances these days, only Rojas is expected to hit home runs when excluding the two.

Still, he has strong competitors. For one, Kia Tigers who hit 38 home runs last year proved its potential to hit 40 home runs. He said he does not think he can hit 40-40 on his own. Roh Si-hwan (Hanwha Eagles), the champion of home runs in 2023, has declared his competition with Kim Do-young.

It remains to be seen whether Park Byung-ho (Samsung Lions) and Choi Jeong (SSG Landers), who are in the latter half of their careers, will also show off their robust performance. The two are home run hitters and clutch hitters. Despite their old age, they are still capable of hitting up to 40 home runs.