Cho Sang-woo? Kiwoom's guts for the 1R nomination also worked, why didn't KIA refuse twice
Dec 19, 2024
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KIA Tigers general manager Shim Jae-hak looked back on the time when he was pushing for a 30-year-old trade with Kiwoom Heroes. Ahead of the trade deadline, Cho Sang-woo had emerged as the top seller. Several clubs, including KIA, asked Kiwoom for recruitment, but they gave up one after another after much consideration. Kiwoom wanted to include the first round of the 2025 rookie draft unconditionally, and the clubs, who only tapped the calculator for a long time, failed to make a bold decision in the end.
KIA pursued Cho Sang-woo's trade once again after the end of the season. After losing internal FA Jang Hyun-sik (29) to the LG Twins, Jang Hyun-sik's negotiations caught fire in earnest. For KIA, Jang Hyun-sik was the team's core bullpen, so it was inevitable to strengthen his power. There was no suitable player in the FA market, and he turned to the trade. And he started negotiations with Kiwoom again over recruiting Cho Sang-woo for the highest sale.
Shim contacted Kiwoom General Manager Ko Hyung-wook to meet an hour before the Golden Glove Awards on the 13th. At this meeting, he proposed Cho Sang-woo's trade and formed a consensus with general manager Ko. The two leaders, who met again at the executive committee on the 16th and 17th, quickly concluded the negotiations. And on the 19th, KIA announced a trade that gave Kiwoom 1 billion won in cash and the first and fourth rounds of rookies in 2026 and received Cho Sang-woo.
Shim expressed the satisfaction of reinforcing the power he wanted. He continued to say, `First of all, the manager told me that we felt the need to recruit the bullpen. We also had to fill the spot where Jang Hyun-sik escaped, and such a consensus was formed on the spot. He explained, "We first talked about the trade at the Golden Glove Awards, and when the general managers gathered a while ago, the story made some progress there as well."
Why didn't KIA reject Kiwoom's request for the first round of rookie nomination this time. "In the season, Kiwoom wanted the first and third rounds," Shim said. The value of the nomination right then and the nomination right now is a little different. So we were in a situation where we could pick fifth in the first round, and next year, we will win the first round for the 10th time. He is the 10th and 40th player in the first and fourth rounds. So the scouting team and the data team ran the simulation together"
We then looked back at who could bring in players from the 10th and 40th and 40th candidates in the domestic scouting part. The scout team said it was worth a try. He told me that a player that I can catch at that level is possible with our player (who is on the team now) and that the data team needs to try it," he added.
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Head Shim said "In a way, his contract with (Choi) Hyung-woo is until next year. (Yang) Hyun-jong is now old, and (B) Sung-beom also thought coolly that our maximum power would not be until next year. So I was a bit bold," he stressed.
Kiwoom once again succeeded in selling guts. It is no exaggeration to say that Kiwoom is the best team to utilize the rules that allow the club to sly the designation right next year with the player when trading. In 2024, the rookie draft attracted attention by securing two nominations in the first, second, and third rounds, and in 2025, the rookie draft also secured two first-round tickets and three third-round tickets, drawing keen attention.
The 2024 rookie first-round pick was received by LG. Kiwoom received promising Lee Joo-hyung (23) and Kim Dong-kyu (20) along with the first-round nomination when it gave up main starting pitcher Choi Won-tae (27, current Samsung Lions) to LG. It was a choice that put weight on fostering. Kia received the second-round pick. When he gave up catcher Joo Hyo-sang (27), he only received the second-round nomination without any other conditions.
The NC Dinos gave away the right to nominate the rookie in the first round in 2025. NC, which desperately needed to reinforce its infielders, received Kim Hwi-jip (22) from Kiwoom in May and gave up the first and third round nominations. If KIA agreed to trade Cho Sang-woo at this time and gave him the first and third round nominations, Kiwoom could have monopolized three first-round nominations and four third-round nominations.
When the door to the trade opens again, Kiwoom needs to give up the rookie first-round nomination if it wants Cho Sang-woo' has maintained its stance and laid the groundwork for securing a number of top prospects for the 2026 rookie draft.
It is clear that Kiwoom has recently taken the lead in the rookie draft, but Kiwoom fans are firmly angry at the repeated leaks of main players. If a player grows up to a certain extent in the team and plays a role in the league, he or she will change his uniform to another team, so no matter how good the training is and the future is bright, it is regrettable right now.
However, Kiwoom has no intention of changing its stance now. General Manager Ko decided that rebuilding Sports Chosun is in the process of rebuilding it, and it is difficult to rebuild unless a bold decision is made. In this case, there is an advantage of selecting all of the first round's first ranking, 10th ranking in the first round, and 1st ranking in the second round. After the draft, I decided that it would be meaningful to pick the 10th and 11th in a row"He expressed satisfaction with the trade.
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