Yang Eui-ji challenges to win the Golden Glove Award for the 9th time in his career and for the 8th time as a catcher

2023 Golden Glove Awards held at 5pm on the 11th

Yang Eui-ji, winner of the 2022 Golden Gloves

Yang Eui-ji (36, Doosan Bears) aims to win the Golden Glove Award for the 9th time in his career and as a catcher for the 8th time.

The 2023 Korean Professional Baseball KBO Golden Glove Awards Ceremony will be held at COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul at 5 p.m. on the 11th.

A total of 81 people in 10 positions were nominated for the Golden Gloves.

In the catcher category, Yang Eui-ji is likely to win the award.

Yang Eui-ji posted a batting average of 0.305, 17 home runs, and 68 RBI this season.He was also selected as the winner of the defensive catcher category newly established by the KBO this year.

If Yang Eui-ji wins the Golden Glove as expected, he will become the second most awarded Golden Glove winner, following Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop, who won the Golden Glove 10 times.

Yang Eui-ji, who has won the catcher category seven times and is tied for first place in this category with current Seoul High School coach Kim Dong-soo, will also set a new record for the most wins in the catcher category if he wins his eighth Golden Glove as a catcher this year.

SSG Landers third baseman Jeong Choi won the Golden Glove Award eight times until last year and was selected as a candidate this year as well.

However, it is highly likely that Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha Eagles) will receive the honor of winning the third baseman's Golden Glove award this year.

Choi Jeong-do ranked first in slugging percentage (0.548) and played an active role with a batting average of 0.297, 29 home runs, and 87 home runs, but Noh Si-hwan, who ranked first in home runs (31) and RBI (101), stood out more.

Noh Si-hwan is attempting to win his first individual Golden Gloves.

Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan who won the Defensive Award

LG shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, who won the KBO League Defense Award, is expressing his thoughts at the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Awards Ceremony held at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 27th.

The LG Twins, who won the combined championship (regular season and Korean Series championship) for the first time in 29 years, produced 12 players as Golden Glove candidates this year, the most among the 10 teams.

Oh Ji-hwan, who won the shortstop category last season, is aiming to win the award for the second consecutive year.The competitor is Park Chan-ho of the KIA Tigers.

Outfielder Hong Chang-ki, who ranked first in on-base percentage and runs scored, is attempting to reclaim the Golden Glove for the first time in two years.

29 years ago, in 1994, LG had five Golden Glove winners, including catcher Kim Dong-soo, first baseman Seo Yong-bin, second baseman Park Jong-ho, third baseman Han Dae-hwa, and outfielder Kim Jae-hyun. 토토사이트