Kang Baek-ho (27, Hanwha Eagles) showed off his strength and won the All-Star Game Home Run Derby for the first time. Kang Baek-ho hit 7 home runs in the final of the 2026 KBO All-Star Game Com2uS Professional Baseball Home Run Derby held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th, tying with Oh Tae-gon (SSG Landers), but won by hitting one more home run in sudden death. He started his professional career in 2018. This is the first time that Kang Baek-ho has reached the top of the Home Run Derby. In addition, it is the first time in three years that a Hanwha player has won the Home Run Derby since Chae Eun-seong in 2023. Kang Baek-ho received 10 million won in prize money, a trophy, and a Samsung Bespoke AI Air Dresser, a clothing care device. In addition, he hit a 145m home run in the preliminary round and won a distance award and an air purifier. Batting ball pitcher Han Jun-su (KIA Tigers), who helped the team win, received headphones as the ‘Home Run Maker Award’. This year’s Home Run Derby was held with a time system following the out system. If a player records 5 outs in the preliminaries and 7 outs in the finals, he or she will receive one minute of ‘Comp Ya Fever’ after a 30-second rest.