"Return Pick" Will it come true? Eyes on Samsung men who are from LG
Dec 10, 2024
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Lee Seung-hyun has consistently performed well in the bullpen with 17 wins, 13 losses, one save and 61 holds in 343 games in eight seasons with Samsung.
In 2015, LG Twins' first-place catcher Kim Jae-sung (28) moved to Samsung as FA Park Hae-min's compensation player in the winter of 2021. In 2022, the first year of the transfer, he played in 63 games as the second catcher following Kang Min-ho, and posted a career high with a high batting average of 3305, three home runs, 26 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.857, marking the appearance of the next generation of homeowners.
He had high expectations as a successor to Kang Min-ho, but he was hampered by bad luck by two injuries. He ended his two seasons unfortunately with just 67 appearances amid the aftermath of a finger injury in 2024, following a parotid muscle injury in 2023. In the meantime, Lee Byung-hun has grown, and next season, he will have to compete with Lee Byung-hun and Kim Do-hwan for the 2nd catcher position.
In 2005, LG Twins first baseman Park Byung-ho (38) will wear the Nexen Heroes uniform in a 2-2 trade on July 31, 2011. Since then, Park Byung-ho has been reborn as a national slugger. With 403 home runs in total, he ranks third with the most home runs ever after Lee Seung-yeop and Choi Jeong.
Park Byung-ho, who moved to Samsung in a trade with Oh Jae-il this season, contributed to the team's runner-up with 20 home runs after the transfer.
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What they have in common is that they started their professional baseball career with LG Twins.
There's another one.
The point is that pitcher Choi Won-tae, who recently moved from LG to Samsung through the FA market, could be the target of compensation players.
Samsung, which recruited Grade A Choi Won-tae, must compensate one compensation player other than 20 protected players and 200% of the previous year's salary or 300% of the previous year's salaryIn accordance with the regulations of ', a list of 20 protected players must be handed over to LG by the 11th, within three days after the FA contract is announced. LG must select and notify compensation players within three days of receiving the list from Samsung.
The main player's bleeding is inevitable. Last fall, 28 players participated in the Korean Series against the KIA Tigers. Eight of them can't be protected. Even if outfielder Kim Hyun-joon, who recently joined Sangmu, is excluded, seven players cannot be grouped.
It's a dilemma where the veteran is anxious to tie up the prospect, and the prospect is in danger when the veteran is tied up. But the choice is inevitable.
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Two main catchers, Kang Min-ho and Kim Tae-gun, had young promising catchers such as Lee Byung-hun and Kim Do-hwan. The three-possession system has been completed with a surprise choice amid Samsung's catcher Dada Ikseon strategy.
LG, which was caught off guard, may make a surprise return pick to bring back the stolen reward player as a reward player if there is a choice. LG, which has a strong homebody system of Park Dong-won, is raising two young catchers, Lee Joo-hun (21) and Kim Bum-seok (20).
There are also past examples of return picks. Lim Hoon, who went from SK to Lotte as a reward player, returned from Lotte to SK as a reward player for Jung Dae-hyun in the same season.
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Even if it is solved, the fact that he is from LG can be a burden to the reward pick. Therefore, even if necessary, it is difficult to predict the outcome immediately.
Samsung announced the recruitment of FA Choi Won-tae on the 6th. A maximum of 7 billion won (2.4 billion won in down payment, 3.4 billion won in salary, 1.2 billion won in incentives) for four years. "We did our best to recruit Choi Won-tae because it is essential to recruit stable starting pitchers to improve the team's ranking."We expect to give new strength to the starting team." he once said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
