'Can we catch them all if we want to catch them?' There is Samsung's power reinforcement 'process'...What's your plan B?
Nov 13, 2024
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It looks quiet, but it's busy underwater. be busy with one's movements.
They are scrambling to reinforce their power. It's just that the results haven't come out yet.
Big players are quickly being sorted out in the FA market.
The transfer of Shim Woo-joon (4 years and 5 billion won), a duo from KT Wiz, and Um Sang-baek (78 billion won (4 years and 7.8 billion won) to Hanwha ignited the competition.
When I cut off the first tape, a chain reaction took place.
Heo Kyung-min (4 billion won for 4 years) wore a KT uniform amid controversy as Shim Woo-joon's transfer left an empty spot in the infield. Jang Hyun-sik, who showed interest in many clubs, left KIA and moved to LG amid a four-year, 5.2 billion full guarantee.
KT Woo Kyu-min, SSG Choi Jung, Lotte Kim Won-joong, and Koo Seung-min, who remained on the original team, were all decided within a week of the announcement.
Of the 20 FA-approved players, 40% decided on their future. In terms of proportion, it feels more than half. The FA market seems to have entered the second half of the season in just one week.
It seems that the news of Samsung, which had raised the need to strengthen the bullpen, has become rather urgent outside. 'Empty hands?' The expression 'Still' is appearing and putting pressure on the front desk. As soon as the FA market opened a year ago, expectations seemed to be higher because Kim Jae-yoon was secured as the bullpen's biggest fish.
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Samsung makes bold bets on essential players, but there are principles and processes.
Lee Jong-yeol, the head of Samsung, who has been working hard to make up for his weaknesses throughout this season, said, `All decisions are made through meetings of the management team, the power analysis team, and the scouting team. There's nothing I decide on my own. A rational decision is made only when it is decided by the system and carried out. With this, I will discuss it with the director, report it to the president, and proceed with it,' he explained the process of internal decision-making.
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He has pitched in 75 games, the most since his debut. It was the most individual participation in a game, breaking 69 games in 2021, when he became the hold king. He was responsible for 75 ⅓ innings while also playing multiple innings. Over the past four years, he has played more than 50 innings in more than 50 games, serving as a bullpen pitcher.
There was no choice but to put a safety device called incentives in large contracts worth more than 5 billion won.
However, LG surprisingly recruited Jang Hyun-sik with a shocking bet of guaranteeing the full amount of 5.2 billion won without incentives.
The Seoul team's merit was also a factor that could not be ignored. Most of the players who do not have special ties in the region prefer teams in the metropolitan area in consideration of family and convenience of life. Jang Hyun-sik is a native Seoul native who graduated from Seoul High School. Since he has been traveling to other provinces for 11 years as a pro through NC→KIA, he would have hesitated to go to another province, Daegu.
Crucially, the park factor between Jamsil Baseball Stadium, a pitcher-friendly LG home stadium, and Lions Park, a batter-friendly Samsung home stadium, is the extreme difference for pitchers. It was practically impossible to win the competition against the Seoul team with full guarantee.
Samsung's bullpen reinforcement project is entering Plan B.
There are still C-grade FA bullpen pitchers in the market, including Kim Kang-ryul (36), Lim Jung-ho (34), and Moon Sung-hyun (32).
The bullpen is a multi-faceted line, but Samsung, which wanted a relatively young bullpen pitcher in balance, is a point where concerns remain slightly.
hschung@sportschosun.com
