The competition for professional baseball rankings, which has entered the middle of the season, is on the rise. Indeed, the “season of chaos” is continuing.먹튀검증
Before the start of last week’s schedule, the gap between the five upper-middle-ranking teams seeking the top spot of the KIA Tigers was very tight. As of the 21st, five teams, from the second-ranked Samsung Lions to the joint-fifth-ranked LG Twins and SSG Landers, were only 1.5 games apart.
However, a week later, the situation for the five teams changed completely. While the Samsung Lions and the NC Dinos were slowing down due to consecutive losses, the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins continued to take the lead and occupied the top spot. On the other hand, SSG is bogged down for six consecutive losses and is in a position to worry about falling to the bottom.
First of all, Doosan continued its upward trajectory through May. Doosan started May by ranking seventh but has already ranked second. It had four wins and two losses last week and 14 wins, six losses and two draws in May alone, posting 30 wins, 23 losses and two draws so far.
The SSG and last week’s series of games were overwhelming. Doosan, which was ranking fourth at the time, achieved three consecutive wins against SSG, which was in a race to secure the top spot. It gained momentum and secured one win in three consecutive games against Kia, which is ranking first, over the weekend. Although it lost two games afterwards, it ended its weekly schedule with four wins and two losses.
LG also elevated its ranking from mid-ranked to upper-ranked. Having started the week tied for fifth, LG ranked third in the league with four wins and two losses in six games (29 wins, 23 losses and two draws).
In particular, foreign pitcher Casey Kelly gave good news for the first time in a while. Since his victory over the Doosan Bears on April 12, Kelly has failed to record six consecutive wins, putting himself on the verge of being eligible for replacement. However, he started at a home game against the NC Dinos on April 26, and pitched six innings of five hits, one strikeout, and three runs, and became the winning pitcher.
At this point, SSG is the team that is most agonizing. SSG, which has continued its winning rate of around 50% and is hoping to leap to the top, is currently bogged down in six consecutive losses. SSG lost all six games from the Kiwoom Heroes match on the 19th to the Hanwha Eagles match on the 25th.
His performance in the last 10 games was three wins and seven losses, the worst among the 10 teams. His winning percentage was also broken (25 wins, 26 losses, 1 draw, and .49 percent) to rank sixth. He is also lagging behind other teams. The gap between KT Wiz, ranking seventh, and SSG was narrowed to two games by winning four games and losing one game last week.
One of the reasons for the sluggishness is poor condition of the starting pitchers. For one, ace pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun has failed to secure victory in the recent seven games (three losses). Since becoming the winning pitcher at the Kiwoom Heroes on April 10, Kim has not been able to make his team win for more than a month. In addition, foreign pitcher Roenis Elias has been out of the team’s roster for a long time due to elbow injury.
Low rank teams are poised to launch counterattacks. The KT and Lotte Giants recorded 11 wins, eight losses, 12 wins, seven losses and one draw, respectively, in May, to gain strength to make a reversal. The change in performance of the Hanwha Eagles, whose coach Choi Won-ho stepped down, is also expected to serve as a variable to the fierce battle for the KBO League ranking.