"Not collecting gift certificates from the department store." Criticism of collecting designated rights. Is the real reason for the slow trade market?
Jul 16, 2024
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Recently, at a gathering of baseball players, there was a talk about the collection of nomination rights for the Kiwoom Heroes. "Don't you collect gift certificates like you collect in a department store?" an official said. The atmosphere was not very welcoming.
Kiwoom already enjoyed the effect of collecting nominations in the 2024 rookie draft held last year. Ahead of the 2024 rookie draft, Kiwoom sent Choi Won-tae in a trade and received Lee Joo-hyung, Kim Dong-kyu and first-round rookie nominations from the LG Twins. In addition, he acquired one second-round pick through a trade with the KIA Tigers as his core, and one more third-round pick through a trade between Kim Tae-hoon and Lee Won-seok with the Samsung Lions.
In the end, Kiwoom was able to select two players in the first round, two players in the second round, and two players in the third round in the 2024 rookie draft. After nominating Jeon Joon-pyo in the eighth place overall in the first round, which was originally LG's order of nomination, Kim Yoon-ha was immediately selected in the ninth place, their original order. Lee Jae-sang and Son Hyun-ki were named in the second round, and Lee Woo-hyun and Kim Yeon-joo were named in the third round, respectively. Compared to other teams, they picked twice as many top-ranked rookies in the first to third rounds.
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Kim Hui-jip's trade with the NC Dinos earned two rookie nominations.
Even then, the baseball community was surprised. Kim Hwi-jip is a player who joined Kiwoom as a rookie in 2021. At that time, he was the ninth overall pick in the second round, and was born in 2002 and is only 22 years old this year. Although he could not yet be considered the league's top infielder, he was considered to have a greater potential for future development with long-shot power.
A club official said, `I don't know how on earth we can trade Kim Hwi-jip. To be honest, if it is a club other than Kiwoom, Kim Hwi-jip is just a non-trade resource. I'm still young, and I have a high growth potential. He said, "He is a player who would never be offered as a trade by another team, but I think it was possible because he was Kiwoom."
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However, this is the direction designed by Kiwoom. Thanks to that, Kiwoom will be able to select the first overall pick in the first round and the seventh overall pick in NC's order in this year's rookie draft. In addition, a total of three people can be nominated in the third round alone. With many good high school prospects this year, the nomination of the top round is expected to be fiercer than ever, and being able to select six people in the first to third rounds is virtually a good resource sweep.
Of course, the trade was made because the interests of the two clubs finally matched. It's not something that one side can take away like it's robbing. It is literally 'deal'. In addition, from the club's point of view, which collects nomination rights, it can be a club's development policy and survival means.
Some, however, have criticized it. It is for this reason that there is a recent saying that the KBO should limit the number of draft picks that can be collected in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the rookie draft. Public opinion began to form that certain clubs should be prevented from sweeping.
As a result, the trade market is particularly slow this year. Some big-time players are said to have been traded, but the opposing clubs are very burdened. I want to make a trade, but I'm afraid of the aftermath to hand over the rookie nomination right. The trade deadline is July 31. With about two weeks left, the entire baseball community is paying attention to whether another 'big deal' can be achieved.
youll@sportschosun.com
