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Patrick Wisdom (34) of the Kia Tigers is showing off his great power as soon as the season opens. He is poised to lead the home run race this season.스포츠토토

Wisdom hit the first curve of starter Choi Won-tae's first pitch at the bottom of the third inning, when the team was 0-0 at home against Samsung at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 2nd, and hit a pre-emptive two-run shot over the left fence. Wisdom, who pumped Choi Won-tae's falling breaking ball, hit a 171km/h bullet ball out of the fence.

With its fifth homer of the season, Wisdom pushed LG Austin Dean and Moon Bo-kyung (four more) to become the lone top in the home run category. Wisdom, which hit its first home run in the KBO League against Kiwoom in Gwangju on the 25th of last month, hit home runs in four consecutive games from Daejeon Hanwha on the 28th, tying the Tigers' most consecutive home runs left by big guns such as Kim Sung-han, Jang Chae-geun, Ma Hae-young, Choi Hee-seop and Roger Bernadina.
Having played for the Chicago Cubs until last year, Wizdom had a total of 88 home runs in the big league. He hit 20 home runs for three consecutive seasons between 2021 and 2023. Kia chose Wizdom as its new batter after saying goodbye to Socrates Brito, who it has been with for three years, and hoping for a solid "one shot." He seems to have no problem with his adaptability, which has been considered the only variable in his team. Choi Won-tae, who allowed a home run to Wisdom, acknowledged Wisdom, saying, "I can't help but hit a home run because I'm a very good hitter."

Wisdom has been praised as "powerful" since the opening of the spring camp, but is displaying off its power as if showing off its performance. He has a batting average of 0.296, five homers, 10 RBIs and an OPS of 1.363 in nine games through Sunday. Among the eight hits, five homers and one double have a slugging percentage of 0.889. He is also capable of getting on base by drawing walks when a pitcher avoids a head-to-head match. Wisdom has a on-base percentage of 0.474, which has garnered 10 walks. Kia manager Lee Bum-ho is also experimenting with deploying Wisdom as a forward hitter in order to enhance scoring ability while key batter Kim Do-young is out due to injury.

Last year's home run king race was dominated by NC Dinos' Matt Davidson (46), followed by Kia Tigers' Kim Do-young (38) and SSG's Choi Jeong (37). This year, Wizdom, the "new face," seems to be outpacing the most powerful guns in the league.

Wisdom's early pace in the season is obviously terrifying. It is very early, but Wisdom is excited about KIA, showing typical home run king's pace that can be driven by a blast. Kim Sang-hyun (36) was the last home run king of KIA in 2009.

However, given the high probability of hitting long balls, Wisdom will likely be closely checked by opponents going forward. The key to this is how to target pitchers who have been struggling hard at bat. The league has already started paying attention to Wisdom's bat.