Among the 10 KBO league teams, the team that has not advanced to the postseason for the longest time is the Lotte Giants, followed by the Hanwha Eagles.먹튀검증

Lotte Giants and Hanwha Eagles have not been allowed to enter the "Autumn Baseball" league since 2017. The combined postseason hiatus of the two teams amounts to 13 years.

As far back as the last time they won the championship, both teams had to go back to 1992, Hanwha to 1999, and the 20th century. Will one of the two teams be able to enjoy joy in 2025.

Interestingly, the two teams are facing a major change in their home stadium environment for this season. Hanwha will play at its new stadium starting from the 2025 season, while Lotte has reduced the barbed wire fence of its existing outfield fence from 6 meters to 4.8 meters, transforming the stadium into a batter-friendly one.

Baseball is a sport in which even the slightest difference in air resistance or thread count. As such, a change in the home stadium environment is an important variable that can have an enormous impact on a team's performance during the season.

Both teams are preparing for the composition of their power to adapt to the new stadium environment, but the success or failure will be known only by opening the lid of the season.

In the past, there have been cases where teams that have changed their home stadiums have not been able to overcome the so-called "new house syndrome."

The Samsung Lions, who ranked first in the regular league for five consecutive years from 2011 to 2015, left Daegu Civic Baseball Stadium and moved to Daegu Samsung Lions Park in 2016.

However, Samsung fell to ninth place as soon as it moved to the nest, and only advanced back to the Korean Series in 2024, when it strengthened its slugging power after losing money at a stadium with many home runs.

KIA Tigers also used Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium until 2013, but moved to the current Gwangju Kia Champions Field in 2014, but ranked eighth in the first year of the move.

SK Wyverns, the predecessor of SSG Landers, moved from Soongui Baseball Stadium in Incheon to Munhak Baseball Stadium (currently SSG Landers Field) in 2002 and then advanced to the Korean Series in 2003 the following year and became an emerging powerhouse.

Some teams have performed well after relocating their home stadiums. The Kiwoom Heroes, who moved to Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, ranked third in their first year in 2016, and the NC Dinos, who moved to Changwon NC Park, advanced to the postseason in their first year in 2019 in fifth place.

The team that took more active action in this season's stove league was Hanwha. As soon as the FA market opened, Hanwha strengthened its capabilities by recruiting pitcher Um Sang-baek (up to 7.8 billion won (6.37 million U.S. dollars) for four years and shortstop Shim Woo-joon (up to 5 billion won (up to 5 billion won (up to four years).

On the other hand, Lotte only renewed its FA players Kim Won-joong (up to 5.4 billion won for four years) and Koo Seung-min (up to 2.1 billion won for two plus two years), showing a passive attitude in the external FA market.

Hanwha expects that Ryu Hyun-jin, Cordy Ponce, Ryan Weiss, Moon Dong-ju, and Um Sang-baek will be able to advance to the postseason if the starters operate stably and Esteban Floral takes the center stage in the outfield, which is considered a weakness.

Lotte hopes that the "Yoon Na-go-hwang" outfield, which leads to Yoon Dong-hee, Na Seung-yeop, Ko Seung-min and Hwang Sung-bin, will grow more than in 2024 to fill the gaps in the lineup.

However, the task remains to fill the fifth spot in the starting lineup consisting of Charlie Barnes, Tucker Davidson, Park Se-woong and Kim Jin-wook. In the bullpen, filling the void of Jeon Mir, who was out due to elbow surgery, is his homework.