Lotte Trade Blessings Dominant 1st in Monthly MVP Fan Vote...Will I win a surprise award over Ponce-Nail
Lotte Trade Blessings Dominant 1st in Monthly MVP Fan Vote...Will I win a surprise award over Ponce-Nail
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Will Lotte Giants infielder Jeon Min-jae be able to win the MVP award from March to April of the KBO League over his competitors? He is overwhelmingly No. 1 in fan voting.
KBO announced on the 2nd that "a total of eight players have been confirmed as the first monthly MVP candidate in the 2025 KBO League. Among the pitchers, KIA Nail, Lotte Park Se-woong, Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun and Ponce, and Samsung Kim Sung-yoon, Diaz, LG Austin, and Lotte Jeon Min-jae are selected as candidates and are seeking to win the monthly MVP award from March to April."스포츠토토
The monthly MVP selects the final winner by adding up the fan vote (50%) and the press corps vote (50%) of the Korea Baseball Press Association. Fan voting starts at 10 a.m. on the 2nd and can participate in Shinhan Bank's mobile application "Shinhan SOL Bank" until 11:59 p.m. on the 7th
As of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Jeon Min-jae was the overwhelming No. 1 in fan voting. He received 54,071 votes. Nails received 22,568, Diaz 25,466, Ponce 18,263, and Austin 15,150 votes. Kim Seo-hyun received 5,834 votes, Kim Seong-yoon received 5,758 votes, and Park Se-woong received 4,984 votes.
Jeon Min-jae has 37 percent of the total number of votes cast. Last winter's trade, a surprise success story in the backup and an injury that collapsed after being hit by a headshot at the end of April are stimulating votes.
Even if she does not receive many votes in the press corps vote, she is highly likely to win if she receives overwhelming support in the fan vote. In the MVP vote in June last year, Kim Do-young received only half of Kim Hye-sung (13 votes) in the press corps vote (six votes), but received 245,598 votes in the fan vote, beating Kim Hye-sung who received 47,854 votes in total.
Jeon was drafted by Doosan as the 40th in the fourth round of the second round of the 2018 Rookie Draft. Since joining Doosan, he has played in 77 games through 2023. He had more chances to play as an infield backup last year, and posted a batting average of 246 (61 hits in 248) with two home runs and 32 RBIs in 100 games.
In November last year, Lotte made a 3-2 trade with Doosan (Kim Min-seok, Choo Jae-hyun, Choi Woo-in ↔ Jung Cheol-won, Jeon Min-ja). At the time of the trade, Lotte outfielder Kim Min-seok and Doosan bullpen pitcher Jung Cheol-won, who joined the team as the third overall pick in the first round of the 2023 draft, were noted as main cards.
Jeon, who received little attention, performed surprisingly well in the Lotte Giants' uniform. Due to poor performance and injury of 5 billion FA Noh Jin-hyuk and poor performance of Park Seung-wook, he took the shortstop position and displayed amazing batting performance. Jeon hit a hard hit of .423 during the month of April, ranking No. 1 in the monthly batting average of .387 in the March-April period. The trade turned his life around.
However, Jeon Min-jae was struck by a helmet by a pitcher's pitch against Kiwoom in Gocheok on April 29. Fortunately, there were no fractures in his face and head. However, he was diagnosed with a week of stability due to an anterior bleeding in the right eye. Attention is focusing on whether Jeon Min-jae, who is receiving a lot of support in the fan vote, will be able to become the monthly MVP.