The contracts of big-time players in the professional baseball FA market have ended, but there are still six players left in the market.온라인바카라
Many predict that this year's stove league will lack big-time players as many teams have tied key players to non-FA multi-year contracts. However, the start of the stove league wowed fans with a series of large contracts worth more than 5 billion won, contrary to expectations.
The first FA contract went to Woo Kyu-min, who renewed his contract with KT. Woo remained at KT with a seal of 700 million won (approx. Immediately after, as expected, SSG signed a four-year contract with franchise star Choi Jeong for a total of 11 billion won (approx. Choi Jeong ranked first in FA contract amount (302 billion won) with this contract.
When Choi Jeong's mega contract opened the door for the Stove League, Hanwha took action this time. The team has invested a whopping 12.8 billion won (17.8 million U.S. dollars) in Shim Woo-joon (a four-year total of 5 billion won) as the starting shortstop and Um Sang-baek (a four-year total of 7.8 billion won (6.37 million dollars) as the starting pitcher for four years. As Hanwha recruited Shim Woo-joon, KT acquired Heo Kyung-min for a four-year total of 4 billion won (approx.
In addition, Kim Won-joong (Lotte, four-year total of 5.4 billion won), Koo Seung-min (Lotte, two-plus-year total of 2.1 billion won), Jang Hyun-sik (LG, four-year total of 5.2 billion won), Noh Kyung-eun (SSG, two-plus-year total of 2.5 billion won), Lim Jung-ho (NC, three-year total of 1.2 billion won), Kim Heon-gon (Samsung, two-year total of 600 million won), and Kim Kang-ryul (LG, three-plus-year total of 1.4 billion won) signed the FA contract, and Choi Won-tae signed a four-year total of 7 billion won with Samsung for a longer time than expected, focusing on the hot FA market.
However, no news of the FA contract has been heard since Ryu Ji-hyuk signed a contract (2.6 billion won in total for four years) on the 16th. Of the 20 players who qualified as FA this year, Lim Ki-young (B grade), Seo Geon-chang (C grade), Ha Joo-seok (B grade), Lee Yong-chan (B grade), Kim Sung-wook (C grade), and Moon Sung-hyun (C grade) remain in the market without signing a contract yet.
First of all, if you look at the B-rated players, there are veterans who have their own performances, including Lim Ki-young, Lee Yong-chan and Ha Joo-seok. Lim recorded 51 wins, 59 losses, 21 saves, and four earned run average (ERA) in 285 games (867 innings) in the KBO League. He is an underhand pitcher who can start and bullpen both, but he struggled with 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 holds with an ERA of 6.31 in 37 games (45 ⅔ innings) this year. Lee Yong-chan is also a leading closing pitcher of the league with 64 wins, 69 losses, 9 saves and an ERA of 3.85 in 557 games (1,052 ⅔ innings), but he has declined over the past two years, and this year he has performed poorly with 57 games (54 ⅓ innings) with 3 wins, 9 losses, 2 saves and 16 saves with an ERA of 6.13.
Ha Joo-seok had a batting average of 265 (767 hits in 2,892 at-bats) in 875 KBO league games, 49 homers, 339 RBIs, 386 runs and 81 steals, OPS. This year, he had a batting average of 292 (40 hits in 137 times at-bats), one homer, 11 RBIs, 16 runs and one stolen OPS.743, and his position is not good because his original team Hanwha recruited Shim Woo-joon.
C-grade players, who can recruit cost-effectiveness, are also experiencing a cold winter. Seo Geon-chang is a veteran infielder with a batting average of 298 (4,800 at-bats) of 40 home runs, 517 RBIs, 853 runs, 232 steals, and OPS.783 in 1,350 games in the KBO League, contributing to KIA's 12th Korean Series title this year by batting .31 (63 hits in 203 at-bats), one home run, 26 RBIs, 40 runs, 3 steals, and OPS.820. He has finally applied for the FA, which had been delayed for as many as four years since the end of the 2021 season, but he has yet to hear about the contract.
Kim Sung-wook is an outfielder who has long been anticipating but has hardly had any potential. He proved a good tool this year by batting .24 (73 hits in 358 at-bats) with 17 homers, 60 RBIs, 55 runs and 10 steals in 129 games, but his productivity at bat was still not good. Moon Sung-hyun played as a must-winner for Kiwoom in 2022 and 2023, but this year he recorded only one win, two losses and three saves with an ERA of 6.57 in 42 games (38 ⅓ innings).
With the end of December now approaching, many clubs are completing their work this year. After the closing ceremony at the end of December, the FA contract may be postponed to next year. The stove league, which has a total contract of 56.5 billion won so far, is likely to remain quiet until next year. Attention is focusing on whether the six FA players, who are spending a cold winter, will be able to find their team before the end of this year.