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Kiwoom on course for fourth straight last-place finish, raising talk of KBO’s “worst team”

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Kiwoom Heroes have already been eliminated from postseason contention and sit last at 44-3-80.
  • Kiwoom leads the race for the first overall pick in the 2028 rookie draft, with a 10.5-game gap separating it from ninth-place Lotte.
  • The club’s repeated rebuilding failures have prompted criticism that it could become one of the worst teams in KBO League history.

The race for last place in the KBO League has little suspense. The Kiwoom Heroes have fallen so far behind that a fourth consecutive season in 10th place now appears close.

Kiwoom has already been eliminated from postseason contention and holds a 44-3-80 record. Its gap to ninth-place Lotte Giants is 10.5 games, wider than the nine-game distance between Lotte and fifth-place Doosan Bears.

The teams from seventh through ninth are still fighting for position. Hanwha Eagles sit at 52-3-65, SSG Landers at 52-5-67, and Lotte at 51-2-66. Kiwoom, meanwhile, remains firmly at the bottom and is the league’s only team with a winning percentage below .400, at .355.

The club’s decline has continued since it finished runner-up in the 2022 Korean Series. Repeated rebuilding failures and a weakened roster have fueled criticism that Kiwoom could be reduced to the “worst team” in KBO history.

Kiwoom has 17 games remaining, but the supplied report ends before explaining whether the team can overturn its position.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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