Matt Davidson of the NC Dinos hits a two-run home run against the Doosan Bears during a Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Sept. 24, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept.
25 (Korea Bizwire) — NC Dinos slugger Matt Davidson has had a productive season for himself, but the same couldn’t be said about his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club. Davidson, in his first KBO season after six big-league seasons and another one in Japan, leads the league here with 46 home runs through Tuesday’s action. He ranks second with 119 RBIs and third in on-base plus slugging with .
998. He is the first KBO hitter since 2020 to launch at least 40 homers in a season. But his performance has not been enough to salvage the Dinos’ season.
They sat in second place in the middle of May, but they have been in a freefall since. Since May 16, they have had the worst record in the league at 35-58-1 (wins-losses-ties). The swoon cost manager Kang In-kwon his job last Friday, a day after the Dinos, down to ninth place among 10 teams, were officially knocked out of postseason contention.
With eight games to go, the Dinos named their minor league manager Kong Pill-sung as interim manager for the big club. Before Kong’s first game in charge Tuesday evening against the Doosan Bears in Seoul, Davidson said the situation is “obviously tough” but he and his teammates should just keep doing what they’ve been doing all season. “As a player.
