There was an absolute first-round match. But LG, not KIA... Hanwha was in last place in the round of 5 or higher... The early stage was different from what we expected

There was an absolute first-round match. But LG, not KIA... Hanwha was in last place in the round of 5 or higher... The early stage was different from what we expected

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There was an absolute first-round match. However, it was not the defending champion Kia Tigers that everyone expected.바카라사이트

The LG Twins, who are seeking to regain the championship, are leading the 2025 season by ranking first with an "absolute first-round" at the beginning of the season.

The KBO League, which exceeded 10 million spectators for the first time in its history last season, continued its popularity and began this season with a huge popularity of selling out all the games in the opening two consecutive games for the first time. It has surpassed 1 million spectators in 60 games, the smallest game in history, continuing its cruise to 10 million and 11 million for the first time for two consecutive years.

This means that fans have high expectations for the 10 teams. All of them started aiming for the championship, but the outcome of the game is decided and the outcome will inevitably change accordingly.

Depending on which team was in good condition at the beginning of the season, the report card came out and the results were different from those of experts.

The favorite that most experts expected was Kia. Having claimed the title by overwhelming performance last year, Kia has maintained its strength and experience of winning the title last year, and has been classified as an "absolute first place" among the public enemies.

However, due to injuries sustained by key players including last year's MVP Kim Do-young, Golden Glove winner Park Chan-ho, and veteran Kim Sun-bin, the team's performance was not satisfactory from the beginning. The team came in ninth with four wins and eight losses. No one would have expected Kia to post such a high performance in the early stages. Now that the team has barely played 10 percent, and the timing of Kim's return is expected to be sooner than expected, which can be expected.

LG took the top spot as Kia's "absolute first place." Having secured seven consecutive wins at the opening by banking on five solid starters, LG has secured three consecutive wins after one loss, and is confidently No. 1 with 10 wins and one loss. Notably, LG set a record of winning all seven games held at home for the first time in history, and has thus excited home fans by winning all seven games at home.

Even though closer Jang Hyun-sik was out in the early stages due to injury, he kept the victory with a solid starter, a huge hit, and a bee's bullpen.
The team that came in second place is also unexpected. SSG Landers. SSG, which failed to play baseball in fall last year due to loss in the final round of its decision to rank fifth, has hardly been selected as a candidate for the best five teams this time. However, thanks to the combination of veteran and rookie players, it posted seven wins and three losses to rank second, 2.5 games behind LG. Solid mounding with 2.45 ERA is the driving force. It also concentrates well in matches.

Last year's runner-up Samsung also got off to a good start. It is chasing SSG by half a game with eight wins and five losses. With 18 homers, Samsung has displayed the most number of 91 points, the most offense.

Coming in fourth place is the NC Dinos, who were one of the last-place contenders. Despite his lack of strength from last year's, new coach Lee Ho-joon is leading the early stages with a 50% win rate of five wins and five losses thanks to his leadership. The team is the most extreme. He ranks first with a team batting average of .350, but ranks last with an ERA of 6.10.

Doosan started the game with three consecutive losses in the opening period, raising concerns among fans, but quickly improved to move up to the top five with six wins and seven losses. The challenge is how to connect starting pitcher and closing pitcher Kim Taek-yeon.

KT Wiz, which had been considered the favorite to threaten Kia and LG by ranking No. 1 at exhibition games, has had a lower-than-expected start. It ranks sixth without a gap between the two teams with five wins, one draw and six losses. The team used an unconventional lineup of Rojas and Kang Baek-ho as table setters, but the team has recently lost three consecutive games as its batters did not explode.

Lotte is ranking seventh with five wins, one draw and seven losses. The team was close to achieving a 50 percent win rate in the match against Doosan on Wednesday, but suffered a painful come-from-behind loss of 13 to 15. While the batting lineup that was good last year has been on the ups and downs, the mound has not displayed any sense of stability.

Kiwoom ranked eighth with five wins and eight losses, as most of them expected to be in last place. Ruben Cardinez, who was suspected of failing to win against Samsung last year, led Kiwoom with 16 RBIs. And last place was Hanwha Eagles who advanced to the fifth or higher level. The team is trailing Kia by half a game with four wins and nine losses. It is seven games behind LG, which ranks first.

There were high expectations for the solid pitching staff including Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss, Ryu Hyun-jin, Moon Dong-ju and Um Sang-baek, and Kim Seo-hyun, who finished the mound, but the problem is the lineup. The team batting average is only 160. He is the only batting average in the range of .100 among the 10 teams. There is no key player who is batting average of .300. Esteban Floral, a new foreign hitter, is only 1,280 (6 hits in 47 times at bat). Home run-man Noh Si-hwan will also stay at 1663 (eight hits in 49 times at bat).

The season cannot end with this ranking. Last year, the rankings for the beginning and the end were completely different.

According to the ranking table on April 7 last year, NC ranked first (9 wins and 4 losses), followed by KIA (8 wins and 4 losses), Kiwoom (7 wins, 4 losses), LG (8 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses), Hanwha (8 wins, 5 losses), SSG (8 wins, 6 losses), Doosan (5 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses), Samsung (4 wins, 8 losses), Lotte (4 wins, 8 losses), and KT (3 wins and 11 losses). At that time, NC, the No. 1 ranking, came down to ninth, and Kiwoom, the No. 3 ranking, came down to 10th. KT, which was in last place, rose to fifth place after the ranking match, and Samsung, which was in eighth place, came in second place.