"See you soon" If you find out, there are three internal FA alone, who will stay and who will leave

Nov 12, 2024

In the game between NC and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 7th, NC Kim Sung-wook hit a three-run home run with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the first inning and is sharing his joy. Daegu = Reporter Huh Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.09.07/

There are three internal FA. Who will stay and who will leave.

Currently, there are a total of three NC Dinos players who have qualified as FA. A total of four players, Lee Yong-chan, Shim Chang-min, Lim Jung-ho and Kim Sung-wook, qualified as FA, and all three others submitted applications except Shim Chang-min, who left the team. So far, their destination has not been confirmed.

Lee Yong-chan is the second FA. Lee Yong-chan, who joined the Doosan Bears with the first nomination in 2007, moved to NC ahead of the 2021 season. At that time, the contract was delayed a lot because he was undergoing surgery and rehabilitation, and the team was moved by signing with NC at the beginning of the 2021 season. Before I knew it, I completed all four years of the contract. Lee Yong-chan took over as the closing pitcher during his four seasons with NC. He recorded 16 saves in the 2021 season, 22 saves in the 2022 season, 29 saves in the 2023 season, and 16 saves in the 2024 season, respectively.

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Lim Jung-ho and Kim Sung-wook are the first FA in their lives. Lim Jung-ho joined the team in the 2013 rookie draft with a third-round pick by NC, and had a career record of 11 wins, 22 losses, 92 holds, 3 saves, and an ERA of 4.33. He showed an indispensable presence as a bullpen agent.

Kim Sung-wook was selected by NC in the third round in the 2012 rookie draft, and recorded a career performance of 515 hits, 78 homers, 293 RBIs and a batting average of 238 in 962 games. Although he has a low batting average, he has the advantage of being a punchy outfielder who can consistently hit double-digit home runs.

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NC has virtually closed its recruitment outside this season. Internally 'We need to be more active in raising prospective owners' had a high voice of sympathy, and as it ranked 9th this season, it is focused on fostering rather than recruiting outside. The newly inaugurated head coach Lee Ho-joon also said, `When an external FA is recruited, the opportunity to give promising players in the team is reduced. I don't think it's necessary now. First of all, if I think it's a time to give promising players as much opportunity as possible and try to win the presidential election in the future, I intend to actively ask the club to recruit them."

Coach Lee Ho-joon, who took the helm of the NC Dinos, expresses his ambition at the inauguration ceremony held at the Olympic Memorial Hall of Masan Stadium in Masanhoewon-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, on the afternoon of October 31. Yonhap News

Negotiations have yet to be held with internal FA players. But we're going to have a meeting soon. The NC club set a basic policy to meet with Lee Yong-chan, Lim Jung-ho and Kim Sung-wook and discuss in a positive direction as much as possible. NC is also the team that needs these players the most. If major pitchers in the bullpen and a player who can take over one outfield exit, there is not a lot of power loss. But "I won't overdo it." also stated the meaning. Currently, most of the players, who were considered big players in the FA market, have completed their contracts, and there are talks that their ransom is too high. If there is a competition in the ransom of the three players and an amount that goes beyond the Maginot line set by the club, it means that they cannot overdo it.

There is also a possibility of their love call to other teams. Lee Yong-chan is rated B, but he can start with a bullpen Lim Jung-ho and Kim Sung-wook are C-class veterans, so the fact that there is no burden on compensation players when transferring to other teams can be a plus. Will NC be able to let all three stay. Who's left, who's going to leave. Now that the destination of the big fish-class players has been confirmed, it is the next players' turn to move.

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