There is no opponent in the second division, Sangmu has won for 13 consecutive years - Hanwha for 3 consecutive years...Pitch clock introduced, reduced game time by eight minutes
There is no opponent in the second division, Sangmu has won for 13 consecutive years - Hanwha for 3 consecutive years...Pitch clock introduced, reduced game time by eight minutes
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The 2024 KBO Futures League, which opened on March 26, finished its long journey with four games on the 5th.먹튀검증
The 2024 KBO Futures League was divided into two leagues: Nambu (Sangmu, KT Wiz, Samsung Lions, NC Dinos, Lotte Giants, KIA Tigers), and Bukbu (Hanwha Eagles, SSG Landers, LG Twins, Doosan Bears, and Goyang Heroes).
In the Southern League, the Sangmu Baseball Team led by Coach Park Chi-wang ranked first for the 13th consecutive year since 2012. It posted 70 wins, 27 losses and 1 draw (winning rate .722), outpacing the second-ranked KT by eight games.
In the Northern League, Hanwha Eagles led by head coach Lee Dae-jin won the title with 59 wins, 42 losses and two draws (winning rate .584), beating second-ranked SSG by a whopping nine games. It is the first victory for the Hanwha Eagles to win the title for the third consecutive year.
He beat second-place SSG by nine games and won the title for the third consecutive year following last year.
In terms of individual title holders, Sangmu Park Jung-hyun ranked first in two categories with 16 home runs and 66 RBIs in the Southern League. Samsung's Kim Tae-hoon ranked first with 320%. In the pitching category, Sangmu Song Seung-ki ranked first in two categories with 11 wins and an ERA of 2.41.
In the Northern League, Goyang Kim Woong-bin won the title (.320), SSG Jeon Eui-san won the title with 15 home runs and Hanwha Lim Jong-chan won the title with 82 points. In the pitching category, LG Sung Dong-hyun ranked first in two categories with nine wins and a 4.82 ERA.
This year, the KBO Futures League officially introduced and operated the pitch clock system, which was piloted last year, from the second half to strengthen speedups and to play exciting games.
The average game time (including overtime) of 218 games in the second half of the year when the pitch clock was officially introduced was 2 hours and 45 minutes, down 8 minutes from the average game time of 515 games last year.
KBO will consider applying the criteria for easing and adjusting the time of each item before the official implementation of the KBO League in the 2025 season by referring to the operation data of the pitch clock system of the Futures League in the second half of 2024.
Meanwhile, the 2024 KBO Futures League has newly established the "MediHill Futures Rookie Award" to award prizes to each Futures Rookie pitcher and batter who performed well every month. Five pitchers and six batters were selected from March to August, including pitcher Cho Min-seok (Sangmu), who was selected twice in May and June.