The defense battle with the second baseman Golden Glove, who left Kim Hye-sung, really begins now.

From 2022 to last year, the second base was Kim's. Kim won the Golden Glove for the third consecutive time. The newly established KBO defensive award in 2023 was also taken by Kim. It was Kim's choice both based on offense and defense.바카라사이트

The strongest player left for the United States. Now a new competition to determine the new second base power of the KBO League begins.

In last year's Golden Glove, Kim Hye-sung got 175 out of 288 valid votes, KIA Kim Sun-bin got 77 votes, NC Park Min-woo got 28 votes, LG Shin Min-jae and Lotte Ko Seung-min got three votes each, and Doosan Kang Seung-ho got two votes.

Second baseman has fierce competition. Most teams, including KIA Kim Sun-bin, Samsung Ryu Ji-hyuk, LG Shin Min-jae, Doosan Kang Seung-ho, Lotte Go Seung-min, Hanwha An Chi-hong and NC Park Min-woo, have second basemen.

They are all strong players with good defense and good batting. Notably, An Chi-hong was the winner of second baseman in 2017 and 2018, while Park Min-woo was the winner of second baseman in 2019 and 2020. Kim Sun-bin was the winner of the 2017 Shortstop category.

Kiwoom sent Song Sung-moon, who played as third baseman last year, to the second base where Kim Hye-sung left. Song Sung-moon is a slugger who posted a batting average of 340, 179 hits, 19 home runs and 104 RBIs last year, and is a strong contender for the Golden Glove, second baseman Ewingeng Sung-hye Kim.

It is also curious who will win the KBO defensive award. Last year, Kim Hye-sung won the honor for the second consecutive year with a total score of 91.07, beating LG Shin Min-jae (83.93 points) and NC Park Min-woo (58.93 points).

Shin Min-jae can only aim for the defense prize. He was lagging behind Kim in voting last year, but scored 19.64 points in defense indicators, higher than Kim's (16.07 points).

Now that Kim Hye-sung is absent, he can be selected as the best second baseman if he shows good defense this year and increases his voting score.

It is the beginning of a new competition to select the best second baseman in the KBO League. It is also a good motivation for second basemen.