The KBO League is able to expect 10 million spectators this season, exceeding the minimum of 8 million spectators in its history, thanks largely to a tighter ranking battle than any other year.메이저사이트
As of Tuesday, Kia, the leading team, has a winning rate of 0.593 with 67 wins, two draws and 46 losses. Kiwoom ranks at the bottom but has a winning rate of 0.442 with 50 wins and 63 losses. The gap between the leading Kia Tigers and the last-place Kiwoom Heroes is only 17 games.
It is the first time that the top-ranked team in the regular season has not exceeded 60 percent since KT and Samsung recorded 0.563 both in the 2021 season. Prior to that, Samsung’s 0.595 was the last team to win in 2013. It is the first time since 2001 that the lowest-ranked team’s winning rate has exceeded 0.440. Under the eight-team system at the time, SK, the seventh-ranked team, recorded 0.458, and Lotte, the eighth-ranked team, recorded 0.457.
The KBO league is not the only team that has a worse winning rate than usual. The Major League also has a low record of the highest winning rate this season. Yahoo Sports recently reported that for the first time in more than 10 years, no team may have won 100.
As of Thursday, the team with the highest American League winning percentage was Cleveland, which recorded 72 wins and 50 losses and 0.590. The team with the highest winning percentage was Philadelphia, which recorded 72 wins and 50 losses and 0.590. The Los Angeles Dodgers is closely trailing the team with 72 wins and 51 losses (0.585).
In the last season, three teams — Baltimore (101 wins), Atlanta (104 wins), and Dodgers (100 wins) — surpassed 100 wins, while four teams advanced to the top 100 wins in the 2022 season. The average of 2.75 teams have won more than 100 games every year since 2014. The trend in the Major League, which had been going on for 10 years, seems to be changing this season.
According to Yahoo Sports, the reason why there are no 100 winning teams this season is because of injuries to the main players. Atlanta, which was considered the strongest before the season, was ruled out for the season after ace Spencer Strider took the mound twice, and even the main hitter Ronald Acuña Jr. was seriously injured in his knee during the baserunning play.
However, it is also persuasive to say that the absence of a 100-win team may not be a temporary phenomenon due to an increase in the number of players injured. Yahoo Sports said that the change in the Major League season management system is stimulating incentives for each team in different ways. With the number of teams participating in the postseason increasing, chances are high that they will participate in the fall baseball games. In addition, almost all of the teams have started analyzing data in more detail, making it more difficult for a specific team to take the lead.
The biggest reason is the change in the post-season system. Six teams will join the fall baseball league as two wild card teams are added, with four of the 15 teams advancing to the post-season, in which the top-ranked team in each district and the highest winning percentage will advance to the wild card. If the two leagues are combined, 12 out of the 30 teams, or 40 percent of the total, can join the fall baseball league. Last year, Arizona only won 84 games during the regular season, but won the National League title through wild cards.
Jerry Dipoto, president of the Seattle Mariners baseball division, said after the team’s unfortunate fall baseball failed last season, “No one wants to hear that the team’s goal is a 54-percent winning rate. However, 54 percent can win 60 percent in some years.” A 54-percent winning rate means 87 or 88 wins. Rather than 100 wins, a team can run with that goal and fill the rest through the postseason.
In fact, the Dodgers won five times over 100 games during the seven seasons from 2017 to last year, but it was in 2020 when the season was shortened due to COVID-19. It was only one time that the Dodgers advanced to the World Series out of five times over 100 wins.
As a result, MLB can expect fierce competition until the end of the season. However, there are objections. As everyone can aim for fall baseball, chances are low that a “big deal” will take place ahead of the trade deadline. This is because active sellers do not participate.
Some analysts say that the fun of the postseason may decrease. Yahoo Sports reported that “unexpectedness creates a story in sports. While the David and Goliath game is fun, the David and David game is hard to draw attention from fans.”