# 2025 KBO League season

The 2025 KBO League season, officially known as the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League (Korean: 2025 신한 SOL Bank KBO 리그) for sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming professional baseball season based in South Korea; the 44th in the history of the KBO League. The league's format and makeup will not change in the 2025 season from the previous season, with the same ten teams competing; the Kia Tigers, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, NC Dinos, LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles, KT Wiz, Samsung Lions, SSG Landers, and the Kiwoom Heroes. The Tigers will enter the season as the defending champions from the 2024 season.
The Eagles and Bears changed their branding and cap insignia prior to the season. The Eagles also moved to a new stadium, Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark.
The Tigers will enter the season as the defending champions from the 2024 season.

## Events
### New Rule in Season 2025

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has announced rule changes for the 2025 season, including the pitch clock and the automated ball-strike (ABS) system. The KBO will implement the pitch clock starting in the regular season, with pitchers starting their delivery within 20 seconds with the bases empty and 25 seconds with runners on. The league will also have a 33-second limit between trips to the plate for batters, with only two timeouts per plate appearance. The KBO will not have a limit on the number of disengagements for pitchers, a departure from MLB's two-timeout rule. The strike zone under the ABS will be readjusted in 2025, with the top and bottom numbers lowered without changes to the size.

### MLB

On January 3, 2025, Hye-seong Kim (2B) of the Heroes signed a three-year, $12.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. The contract has an option for the 2028-29 season that could increase the amount to $22 million.

## Preseason

These are the final preseason standings.
The preseason will start on March 8 and end on March 18.
Preseason standings :
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | PCT | GB | WS | Home | Road |
| 1 | KT Wiz | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | - | W3 | 4–0–1 | 4–0–1 |
| 2 | Hanwha Eagles | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 1 | W5 | 1–0–2 | 4–1–0 |
| 3 | KIA Tigers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 1.5 | W4 | 2–0–0 | 2–2–2 |
| 3 | Kiwoom Heroes | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 1 | W3 | 3–1–0 | 3–0–3 |
| 5 | LG Twins | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 3 | W1 | 1–0–0 | 3–0–5 |
| 6 | Doosan Bears | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .429 | 3 | L4 | 0–1–1 | 3–1–3 |
| 7 | SSG Landers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 3.5 | W1 | 2–0–4 | 1–0–1 |
| 8 | Samsung Lions | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 4 | L4 | 3–0–3 | 0–0–3 |
| 8 | Lotte Giants | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .333 | 3.5 | L3 | 2–2–2 | 0–0–2 |
| 10 | NC Dinos | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 4.5 | L5 | 2–0–5 | 0–0–1 |

## Regular season

The 2025 regular season will start on March 22 and end on August 3. Each team will play 144 games, facing each other 16 times.

## Standings

Regular season standings :
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | D | PCT | GB | Home | Road | STRK | Postseason |
| 1 | Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | LG Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | Hanwha Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | NC Dinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | KT Wiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | Lotte Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | SSG Landers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
| 1 | Kiwoom Heroes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | — | N/A |
Standings will be updated when the season begins.
Note: Draw results are ignored by the league when calculating win percentage and games behind.

## All-Star Game

Like in previous all-star games, the ten KBO teams will be divided into two All-Star teams: the Nanum All-Stars (나눔) and the Dream All-Stars (드림). The game will be hosted at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark, the Eagles' new home stadium. The all-star game will preparing on July 11-12.

## Postseason

The 2025 KBO postseason will start in the fall. The top five teams in the regular season standings qualify.
| Wild Card | Wild Card | Wild Card | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Semi-playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Korean Series | Korean Series | Korean Series |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1st place | — |
| | | | | | | 2 | 2nd place | — | PO | Playoff Winner | — |
| | | | 3 | 3rd place | — | SPO | Semi-playoff Winner | — | | | |
| 4 | 4th place | — | WC | Wild Card Winner | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | 5th place | — | | | | | | | | | |
Legend • WC: Wild Card winner • SPO: Semi-playoff winner • PO: Playoff winner
Note: All dates and times are in KST (Korean Standard Time). All statistics will be updated daily whenever possible.