Making 30.2 billion won + α on one team alone, is it a record that can be broken in the future?
Nov 07, 2024
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SSG Landers signed an FA contract with Choi Jung (37) on the 6th. The condition is a total of 11 billion won for four years, which is a full guarantee without incentives under the condition. Choi Jung-eun will receive a down payment of 3 billion won in a lump sum, and the remaining 8 billion won will be divided into four years of annual salary.
As a result, Choi Jeong recorded a cumulative total of 30.2 billion won through three FA. He signed a four-year 8.6 billion won contract with the SK Wyverns (current SSG) when he became a FA for the first time in 2015, and signed a six-year 10.6 billion won condition during the second FA in 2019.
The accumulated FA amount of 30.2 billion won is a new KBO League record (including the total amount regardless of whether incentives are achieved or not). Previously, Yang Eui-ji of the Doosan Bears was ranked first. Yang Eui-ji recorded a cumulative amount of 27.7 billion won.
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Kang Min-ho, currently the main catcher of the Samsung Lions, is also a player who has signed three FA. Kang Min-ho signed for four years and 7.5 billion won while staying with the Lotte Giants in the first FA, and moved from Lotte to Samsung in the second FA. At that time, the conditions were 8 billion won for four years. And Samsung completed the contract until the third FA on the condition of up to 3.6 billion won for four years. Kang Min-ho also completed the FA contract No. 3 on a large scale like Choi Jung, but there is a difference in the accumulated amount.
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It is possible only when there is no transfer or trade to other teams, as well as overseas expansion. Choi Jung-eun has played in only one team for nearly 20 years since her debut with SK in 2005, and it was possible because there was no transfer or long hiatus for other teams and continued to record good performances. This is a condition that can never be easily challenged.
Similar to Choi Jung, among the team's iconic players are 'Living Legends' such as Kim Kwang-hyun and Yang Hyun-jong. However, Kim Kwang-hyun also signed a four-year contract of 8.5 billion won during the first FA, challenged the major leagues for the next two years, and signed a four-year, 15.1 billion won condition when he returned to the team.
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On top of that, in recent years, clubs are signing non-FA multi-year long-term contracts to young players 'franchise star level'. Koo Ja-wook, Ko Young-pyo, and Park Se-woong signed multi-year contracts in advance before being released as FA, and it seems that they are rushing to crack down on the house.
The accumulated amount of FA is 30.2 billion won in one team alone. Choi Jeong's record does not seem easy to break for the time being.
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