AAV 5 Million Dollar Guidelines? Kim Hye-sung's quick defensive second baseman evaluation is the mainstream
Jan 03, 2025
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Seattle is the club that has been mentioned as the most likely destination since Kim Hye-sung was approved for entering the Major League, and the Seattle Times has delivered the club's movements in this regard in the most dense manner.
In other words, Kim Hye-sung is believed to have been offered an offer of more than three years from Seattle at the AAV level of $5 million. If the contract period is three years, the total is $15 million, and if it is four years, it is $20 million.
In early November last year, when the FA market opened, ESPN evaluated Kim Hye-sung's FA ranking as 39th and predicted a three-year, $16.5 million contract, and around the same time, MLBTR put Kim Hye-sung in 26th place and proposed a three-year, $24 million contract. The Seattle Times forecast is lower than ESPN's.
It is not known how much Kim Hye-sung, who has put CAA Sports as an agency, wants a contract, but according to the Seattle Times, $5 million in AAV is likely the standard offer.
According to some reports from Korea, the Mariners, Padres, Angels, Reds, and Blue Jays are known to have offered Kim a contract. There was also an opinion that Seattle's conditions could be lower than other clubs in terms of the overall total amount. Because of the limitations of payroll set by the Mariners, Kim Hye-sung can take over the second baseman needed for Seattle. Seattle has waived Jorge Polanco's $12 million club option this year. Second base is a position that hasn't been stable since Robinson Cano in Seattle.
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Summarizing the Seattle Times report on the day, "'Kim Hye-sung will be able to sign a three- to four-year contract with Seattle, which needs a second baseman at the AAV level of $5 million.'" In the end, it is highly likely that Kim Hye-sung is continuing her worries by accepting offers of this level 'above' as revenge.
Kim Hye-sung's contract size is related to the posting fee, or the size of the transfer fee, which will be paid to the original Kiwoom Heroes. According to the Korea-U.S. contract agreement, 20% of the total amount will be set if the guaranteed amount is less than $25 million, and 17.5% of the $5 million + excess will be set as transfer fees if the guaranteed amount is less than $25 million to $50 million.
Four players, Kang Jung-ho, Park Byung-ho, Kim Ha-sung and Lee Jung-hoo, were from Kiwoom and advanced to the Major League through posting. The transfer fees they generated are $5,015 for Kang Jung-ho, $12,85 million for Park Byung-ho, $5.525 million for Kim Ha-sung and $18,825 million for Lee Jung-hoo.
If Kim Hye-sung is guaranteed less than $25 million, the transfer fee will be only up to $5 million.
Now, Kim Hye-sung's time to think is coming to an end. 7 a.m. on the 4th is just around the corner.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
