Honestly, other candidates did so well in the outfield category this year...”

At the 2024 KBO Golden Glove Awards held at the COEX Auditorium in Seoul on Tuesday, the most intense position was the outfield. Guillermo Herredia (SSG Landers), who came in fourth, garnered 147 votes and received 51 percent of the vote, but failed to win the award. She was the fourth in outfield for the second consecutive year.스포츠토토

The Golden Glove winners are Koo Ja-wook (Samsung Lions), Victor Reyes (Lotte Giants), and Mel Rojas Jr. (KT Wiz). Koo scored between 30-30 homers and 100 RBIs, and Rojas scored between 30-30 homers and 100 RBIs. Rejes set a new record of 202 hits per season.

Rojas deserves the Golden Glove. He returned to the court after a four-year hiatus and posted a batting average of 0.329 with 32 homers, 112 RBIs, 108 runs batted in, and a .568 on-base percentage of 0.421. If the best player of the year, Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers) is 3-30-30-100-100, Rojas is 3-30-100-100. This is also quite meaningful. And this performance seems to have been reflected in the Golden Glove vote.

Rojas said through his club, "Honestly, I didn't expect it at all because other candidates did so well in the outfield category this year. But I feel so good to have my name called. I feel even more happy and overwhelmed because I didn't expect it."

Rojas won his third Golden Gloves after 2019-2020. KT has eight golden gloves in its history. Three of them are Rojas, and two of them belong to Kang Baek-ho (2020-2021). Rojas became KT's first holder of three golden gloves.

In addition, Rojas became the first foreign player to win the Golden Glove award three times. Only Erik Thames (2015-2016), Josh Lindblom (2018-2019), and Austin Dean (2023-2024) are the two-time winners. He became the Golden Glove champion as a foreign player.

Rojas said, "I'm honored to be the first KT team to win the third Golden Glove award, and I'll do my best to be able to play for KT again next season." Rojas will try his fourth golden glove composition next year. He will be able to write the history of the club and the KBO again.