The fact that the introduction of the KBO League pitch clock officially will be decided next year may also mean that the team should use this season as a preparation period. However, it can be seen that different clubs have different views on pitch clock. It can be guessed from the warning statistics released by the KBO on the 29th. At least the top-ranked KT Wiz received 3.31 warnings per game, while Lotte, the top-ranked team, played with 10.24 warnings, which is about three times more than that.스포츠토토
The KBO released the cumulative data on Peach Clock violations by team on Tuesday morning. According to the data, the Lotte Giants received 10.24 warnings per game for violating Peach Clock 297 times in 29 games. As the team is at the bottom of the standings with only a winning percentage of 0.286 at the bottom of the standings, it may not be able to afford to consider compliance with Peach Clock or even adaptation. Given that the team is receiving more warnings per game than the Hanwha Eagles (8.20), which has the highest number of violations, it is inevitable that the team is concerned about its next year.
In terms of situations involving violation of pitch clock, Lotte had 176 times when there was a runner (23 seconds rule), 40 times when there was no runner (18 seconds rule), 71 times when there was a batter (prepared to hit until the count started at 8 seconds), and 10 times when it was catcher (positioned at the forerunner before the count started at 9 seconds). Except for batter violations, Lotte received the most number of warnings in all three situations. However, Lotte ranks first in the number of games with 29 games, the same as Kiwoom Heroes (5.45 violations per game).
The KT Wiz received the fewest 3.31 warnings per game. The KT Wiz also received 2.38 warnings per game in March, making it the team that adapted to pitch clock the fastest.
If you look at the total number of warnings issued by 10 clubs, the data is not much different from the previous one until April 31, when 37 matches have been played since the opening of the season. Until April 31, all 10 clubs had 5.85 warnings per game. Including this period, the number of warnings issued until April 28 increased by 0.14 to 5.99 per game. There were concerns that warnings alone would not be controlled, but so far, no significant change has been seen. So far, at least, there have been concerns that the club would ignore Peach Clark.
According to the trend of increase and decrease by club, the number of teams decreased by five, while the number of teams increased by five. SSG saw the biggest decline. It received 9.38 warnings through March, but through March 28, it had 7.03 warnings, down 2.35. The Samsung Lions followed with 2.22 warnings, while the Lotte Giants also saw 1.19 warnings. Doosan (-0.97 warnings) and NC (-0.77) also saw their Peach Clock warnings decrease recently, compared to the beginning of this season.
The Hanwha Eagles violated 5.25 times per game through March, but the number increased by 2.95 times to 8.20 times per game through March 28. Kiwoom also increased by 2.45 times from 3.00 times to 5.45, almost doubling in terms of ratio. KIA (+1.80 times), LG (+1.06 times) and KT (+0.93 times) also saw a slight increase.
Players will likely be able to adapt much faster if Pitchcom is used and the ball count is officially introduced, followed by sanctions on pitch clock. In the case of Major League Baseball, the number of violations per game in the first year of Pitch Clock’s introduction was 0.87 times in the first 100 games, and 0.34 times in the 100 games before Sept. 29. When categorized into 100 games, the number decreased to at least 0.24 times in each game, and to one time in every four games, indicating that players quickly adapted. There were no cases of Pitch Clock violations in two-thirds of all games. Forty-nine percent of pitchers who threw more than 100 pitches and 68 percent of batters who played more than 100 pitches spent the season without violating Pitch Clock.
Meanwhile, KBO announced in a press release on the 21st of last month, “We held the second execution committee in 2024, in which 10 team leaders participated, and confirmed the timing of introducing pitch clock, adding defensive shift video reading, wearing wearable equipment, and adjusting the implementation time of doubleheader games.”
KBO said, “We have held 11 related meetings at the executive committee and the board of directors since formal discussions began at the 3rd executive committee in April 2023 regarding the speedup of the game, strengthening international competitiveness, and the request for the early introduction of the pitch clock system by each club.” The board of directors then agreed to officially introduce the system, but decided on a trial operation because it was necessary for the players to adapt.”