KT Wiz outfielder Mel Rojas Jr. started as the second designated hitter at the last of three consecutive weekend games against the Doosan Bears in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Sunday. He had two hits (one homer) in three times at bat, two RBIs, two runs and a walk on the day. He contributed to his team’s win at the bottom of the 5-49th inning.안전놀이터
From his first at-bat, Rojas helped KT to score. With one out in the bottom of the first inning, he got on base by picking up a walk from Doosan starter Choi Seung-yong. After Rojas got on base, Jang Sung-woo’s hit gave the team a chance to score, and Hwang Jae-gyun hit a two-run double to open the scoring 2-0.
In the bottom of the second inning, Rojas produced the result with his bat. With runners on the first and third bases with two outs, he hit a timely RBI, making it 3-0. At the same time, the hit pulled Choi off the mound.
KT outfielder Rojas started as the second designated hitter at the last of three consecutive weekend games against Doosan in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Wednesday. He hit a timely hit in the bottom of the second inning and a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, recording two RBIs. He has recorded the 119th 500 RBIs in KBO history. KT Wiz
The highlight was in the bottom of the fifth inning when KT was leading 3-2. As the leadoff hitter, he targeted relief pitcher Choi Ji-gang’s slider. He hit a 120-meter solo shot (season No. 28) that fell into the stands at the right field to score an additional point 4-2. At the same time, he became the 119th player in the KBO league to record 500 RBIs. Adding to Rojas’ accumulated score and Kim Min-hyuk’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, the team overwhelmed Doosan Bears with a score of 5-4.
KT manager Lee Kang-chul said after the game, “All the players had a strong will to break the losing streak,” adding, “In the batting line, veterans such as Hwang Jae-kyun and Rojas, who recorded the first RBI, stood out, and Kim Min-hyuk’s walk-off home run at the end allowed them to win.”
KT outfielder Rojas started as the second designated hitter at the last of three consecutive weekend games against Doosan in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Wednesday. He hit a timely hit in the bottom of the second inning and a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, recording two RBIs. He has recorded the 119th 500 RBIs in KBO history. KT Wiz
Rojas is the “all-round beauty” of KT’s batters. He is contributing to his batting ability when it comes to accurate hitting and punching a ball at any time. This year, he has posted a batting average of 0.335 (155 hits in 463) with 28 homers and 91 RBIs in 116 games (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.007. His batting average (WAR) is the leading hitter at 5.90. He is tied for fourth in RBIs and homers in the league, and seventh in the batting average in the league. His batting average in scoring position is 0.308 (33 hits in 107 times at bat), ranking second only to Kim Sang-soo (26 hits in 0.310/84 times at bat) among team members who finished the game as stipulated. He is no different from his heyday as an MVP in the KBO League.
Ahead of this season, Rojas reunited with KT. During the 2017-2020 season, Rojas, who played for KT for four years, recorded a total of 511 games with a batting average of 0.321 (633 hits in 2,218 times at bat) with 132 homers and 409 RBIs and an OPS of 0.982. Notably, he acquired the MVP of the league with a batting average of 0.349 (192 hits in 628 times at bat) with 47 homers and 135 RBIs in OPS of 1.097 in 2020, just before moving to the Hanshin Tigers.
Having returned to Korea after passing through Japan and Mexico, Rojas is still a huge help to KT’s batters. The Wizards Unite, which is competing for the best of five teams, aims to unite with Rojas to advance to the post season.