Trade → Transfer of compensation players ahead of enlistment...Will it be the new year of the 158km ultra-light submarine that will sound Lotte?
Dec 31, 2024
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For the team that recruited the FA, it is the best case if the team achieves its goals such as winning or autumn baseball with the effect, and the reward player is not a waste. In some cases, the result of nominating a reward player does not meet the expectations of the other team.
The opposite is true. It is a case of 'hungry' in which the goal of recruiting FA is not achieved, and the reward player becomes a big hit. This is the so-called boomerang effect.
In the 2025 season, the Lotte Giants are afraid of the growth of Kiwoom Heroes Lee Kang-joon.
Lee Kang-joon, a native of Seorak High School, entered professional baseball by joining KT Wiz in the second third round in 2020. Immediately after joining the team, he received hot expectations amid KT manager Lee Kang-chul's intensive training.
However, KT focused more on reinforcing depth to challenge for the championship than on the distant future. He gave up Lee Kang-jun and received Oh Yoon-seok and Kim Jun-tae from Lotte. The two players contributed to the integrated championship by filling the empty spots of KT's power, and have performed like an altoran until this year.
On the other hand, Lee Kang-joon rarely showed his value. Everyone recognized the power of the strong fighting spirit emanating from the sidearm pitching form. Even catchers said they were afraid of Lee Kang-joon's ever-changing fastball.
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Lee Kang-joon passed the recruitment of the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) in the first half of the following year, and decided to seek the next opportunity through military service. But there was a twist.
In January of the following year, Lotte belatedly recruited Han Hyun-hee as an FA for up to 4 billion won per 3+1 year. Han Hyun-hee, who was an A-grade FA, needed compensation players other than 20 players along with compensation, and Kiwoom nominated Lee Kang-joon, who is about to join the military in May. Kiwoom was also a choice that paid attention to the growth potential of 'He has good power at the end of the ball and excellent movement'.
Han Hyun-hee failed to regain her past glory despite her many efforts over the past two years. They are in a position to buy fireworks at the end of this year. Lotte is also experiencing the pain of failure in fall baseball again even after recruiting Kim Tae-hyung, the winning contractor, and failure for seven consecutive years since 2017.
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Ryu Joong-il, the head coach of the national team, who carefully watched Lee Kang-joon's pitching, even put him on the additional list of the Premier 12 national team. The national flag was unfortunately frustrated by the injury, but Lee Kang-joon is now ready to stand on the mound of the first team.
With his discharge last November, Lee Kang-joon is now aiming for next season. It is Kiwoom made up of young players, and Lee Kang-joon has a lot of corners to dig into, with Cho Sang-woo leaving in a trade. Will it be a brilliant new year for Lee Kang-joon.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
