Poetry Writer 100 Million Kim Do Young, How Much Should I Give...Right after the MVP, 1.1 billion Lee Jung-hoo was the first in history
Dec 23, 2024
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Kim Do-young graduated from Gwangju Dongseong High School and joined KIA with the first nomination in 2022, making her third year as a professional. Kim Do-young's annual salary this year is 100 million won. It has increased 100% this year from an annual salary of 50 million won in 2023. So far, he has received a ransom from a prospect who is in the process of growing to a certain level expected by the club.
Next year, he is expected to receive special treatment in the league beyond the level of expected team owners. Kim Do-young won the league MVP this year with a batting average of 0.347 (189 hits in 544 at-bats), 38 homers, 109 RBIs, 143 points, 40 steals, and 1.067 OPS in 141 games. He achieved 10 home runs-10 steals per month for the first time in history, the youngest 30 home runs-30 steals, and the youngest and the smallest 100 points in games. Kim Do-young properly announced the beginning of her heyday by sweeping the top player award at various awards ceremonies, including the Golden Glove in the third baseman category.
On the international stage, Kim Do-young also clearly imprinted her presence. At the '2024 WBSC Premier 12' held in Taipei, Taiwan last month, he showed off his best condition by attracting attention as a Korean national player. Although South Korea was eliminated in the first-round group stage, Kim Do-young proved why she is now a Korean superstar by batting .412 with three home runs, 10 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.503 in five matches of the tournament.
For a professional baseball player, an annual salary is the value of a player. KIA is busy tapping the calculator on how much Kim Do-young's salary should be raised next season. Kim Do-young will be in her fourth year as a professional next year, and the highest salary in her fourth year is KRW 390 million for Kiwoom Heroes Lee Jung-hoo (26, current San Francisco Giants) in 2020. In order to break Lee Jung-hoo's record at once, he must record an increase rate of more than 300 percent.
How much will Kia treat MVP in 2024. The most recent domestic player MVP was Kiwoom Lee Jung-hoo in 2022. Lee Jung-hoo made history for the first time in salary negotiations with Kiwoom in the 2023 season immediately after the MVP. It signed 1.1 billion won, up 350 million won from 750 million won in salary in 2022. It was the first time among single-year contract players before the FA that the annual salary exceeded 1 billion won.
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There will be a difference in the market price as long as the years have passed, but if you look at the cases of Lee Jung-hoo and Kim Jae-hwan, you can expect Kim Do-young to raise around 300 million won. Then, Kim Do-young could write another history of surpassing 400 million won in annual salary for the first time as a professional player in his fourth year.
KIA is currently handling urgent matters in order. While the composition of foreign players has already been completed, only foreign batter Patrick Wisdom (33) and his contract announcement are left, and internal FA pitcher Lim Ki-young (31) has remained for a total of 1.5 billion won for three years. Cho Sang-woo (30), who was the best seller in the trade, was recruited by Kiwoom Heroes by giving 1 billion won in cash and the first and fourth rounds of rookies in 2026, and succeeded in strengthening the must-win group. If the negotiations are concluded with the remaining internal FA Seo Geon-chang (35), the stove league movement will be over.
Contracts with high-paying employees in the team, including Kim Do-young, are expected to accelerate in the new year after the end of the year holiday.
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