“Home run king Park Byeong-ho, King Daseung Yang Hyeon-jong … Fall baseball remained in the top 5 last year” -Chosun.com

Can Doosan yell “Oodoo (Doosan won the championship anyway)” this year? The 10 team leaders and captains say yes. Before the opening of day 5, we conducted a questionnaire on the prospects of the season for each manager and captain of the club. KIA coach Matt Williams did not participate in the league due to lack of information, and 19 responded to the survey, of which 13 (6 directors and 7 captains) considered Doosan to be the winner. To prevent the arms from folding inside, he was prevented from casting a vote to his team.

◇ If you play baseball in the fall, medical staff and healing field

Doosan’s strengths are his great power and rich winning experience. Doosan Kim, the director of Doosan, also showed confidence in the video media day, which was broadcast via cable on Day 3, saying, “This year’s goal is also to win.

Last year, the Korean Kiwoom series runner-up team is expected to be placed on the ‘Fall Baseball’ stage with Doosan unanimously (17 votes). Also, NC, LG, SK and other baseball teams are expected last fall to be strong this year. NC, which had barely climbed into the postseason in fifth place last year, garnered 16 votes after Doosan and Kiwoom. NC, who had suffered major injuries at the beginning of last season, uses the opening game as the return stage. NC director Lee Dong-wook said, “I’m sorry I didn’t play ‘Autumn Baseball’ in Changwon last year. I’ll go higher.”

On the other hand, Hanwha did not get a vote in the questionnaire to select five teams to play ‘Fall Baseball’. Hanwha was the lowest with 2 draws and 4 losses in practice. Han Yong-deok, the director of Hanwha, who was kicked out because of fan fears, said, “I will play baseball that will make my fans jump.” The biggest dark horse in the qualifying race is expected to be Lotte. Nine of the 17 people ranked the highest-rated team this year, and they also received four votes for fifth place. The mood is expected to change more in the new system, director Sung Min-gyu and director Huh Moon-hoe. Lotte had the best performance among 10 teams with 5 wins and 1 loss.

Three people saw Samsung come out in the postseason. Samsung captain Park Hae-min said: “Thanks to the efforts of many medical teams, I have been able to play professional baseball in Daegu and Gyeongbuk.” Before Media Day, each crew chief and captain thanked the medical staff and fans who tried to overcome the coronavirus infection.

◇ Is this year’s personal prize a party?

Park Byung-ho (Kim) ‘s home run party last season is expected to continue this year. Fourteen of the 19 predicted his double streak of the home run title. 2nd place Lomac (SK) finished 3 votes, 3rd place Choi Jeong (SK) only 2 votes.

The player who raised the batting king was also attacked. Twelve people saw Lee Jung-hoo’s bat, which had stayed in fourth place (0.336) last year, the strongest this year. Last year, hitting king Yang Ui-ji (NC) was second with 5 votes.

The thoughts of the king and the captain diverged a little. Eight people supported director Hyun-jong Yang (KIA), while the other five cited Lee Young-ha (Doosan) and four people. Yang Hyun-jong, who showed off the female group dance after winning in 2017, said, “If I win this year, I will prepare for the female group dance this time.”

In the Save category, Jae-Hoon Ha (SK), the number 1 player in salvation last year, mixed with 7 votes, LG Go Woo-suk 5 votes and Kiwoom Jo Sang-woo 4 votes. Oh Seung-hwan (Samsung), who was unable to play in the first 30 games due to disciplinary action, also had three votes. The most notable foreign pitcher was Chris Plexen of Doosan.

The ninth team, excluding Lotte, announced the opening game selection for Media Day 5. The competition will be conducted by Seofold (Hanhwa) -Kingham (SK), Luchinski (NC) -Baek Jeong-hyun (Samsung), Alcantara (Doosan) -Chow-chan (LG), Brigham (Kim) -Hyun-jong Yang ( KIA). While KT announced Despyne, Lotte did not reveal initial launchers.