After completing actual training, professional baseball returns to Korea Pay attention to the exhibition game

Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to Hanwha after 12 years, is training at the Hanwha Eagles 2nd spring camp held at Kochinda Stadium in Okinawa, Japan.

Ten professional baseball teams, who have completed physical and technical training as well as actual training, will enter the country one by one. Now is the time to begin a full-fledged exploration of power through exhibition games.

The 10 professional baseball teams that held spring camps in Korea and overseas ahead of the new season will return to Korea one after another this week.

Each club conducted spring training in two stages: first and second. In the first camp, they improved their stamina and warmed up their bodies through technical training, and in the second camp, they improved their sense of real-life combat by holding practice games with overseas professional teams or between individual teams.

Among the 10 teams, KT Wiz was the only one to hold the first camp in Gijang, Busan, while the remaining nine teams held both the first and second camps overseas. KT also went to Okinawa, Japan to hold the second camp.

The teams that have completed the second camp return home one by one.

2KT Park Byeong-ho (center) and Hwang Jae-gyun are talking with coach Kim Ho at the KT Wiz 2nd spring camp held at Keene Baseball Stadium in Okinawa, Japan.

The LG Twins, who camped in Arizona, USA, already entered the country on the morning of the 4th.

The Hanwha Eagles, who have attracted a lot of attention with the addition of Ryu Hyun-jin, are also scheduled to arrive in the country this afternoon.

Afterwards, Kiwoom Heroes, KT Wiz, Doosan Bears, and KIA Tigers are scheduled to return on the 6th, while Samsung Lions and SSG Landers are scheduled to return on the 7th.

The 10 teams that completed spring camp will immediately play exhibition games. The exhibition game begins on the 9th and each team will play 10 games.

This exhibition game is attracting attention in many ways. This is because it is the place where changed regulations and systems are put into full effect.

A representative example is the Automatic Ball Strike System (ABS), known as the ‘robot referee.’ In ABS, a camera installed in the stadium tracks the trajectory of the pitcher's ball and a machine determines whether it passes the strike zone. The referee receives the machine's decision through earphones and then relays it as is.

The KBO will expand the left and right standards of the strike zone by 2 cm on each side compared to the existing standard, and the upper and lower standards will be automatically set to 56.36% (top) and 27.64% (bottom) of the batter's height.

The base size also increases. The horizontal and vertical length of 15 inches (38.1 cm) has been expanded to 18 inches (45.72 cm), preventing injuries to runners and encouraging aggressive base running play.

KBO League exhibition game schedule.

In addition, the extreme form of defensive shift, where one side is completely empty, is no longer available.

The 'pitch clock' is being piloted. The pitch clock is a rule that requires a pitcher to throw the ball within 15 seconds when there are no runners and 20 seconds when there are runners. It was introduced by the Major League last year and had a 'speed-up' effect.

However, the KBO League decided to conduct a pilot operation until the first half of the regular season and then review whether to apply it officially.

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