Lee Yong-chan has avoided FA Mia. Lee Yong-chan remains on a 2+1 year contract with NC...Moon Sung Hyun is the only FA left
Jan 24, 2025
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NC agreed to a two-plus-one-year contract with Lee Yong-chan on the 24th. The total amount is known to be slightly less than Lim Jung-ho's (total of 1.2 billion won for three years).
Lee Yong-chan finished the season last year and became a FA for the second time in his career.
If Lee Yong-chan recruits Lee Yong-chan as a B-grade FA, he must send one compensation player except for 25 protected players and 100% of the annual salary of the previous year or 200% of the annual salary of the previous year to the original team. Lee Yong-chan's annual salary in 2024 was 400 million won.
Lee Yong-chan, who exercised his first FA status four years ago, dramatically saved the team.
He joined the Doosan Bears as the first designated player in 2007 and played as an 'all-round pitcher' who played both starters and relievers. He made 26 saves as a closing pitcher in 2009 and became the "save king" and won 10 games as a starter in 2012. Having made 22 saves as a closer again in 2017, he had his best season in 2018 with 15 wins as a starter.
It was worth enough as a starter and finisher, but the FA plans got a bit twisted when he underwent elbow surgery in June 2020. It was difficult to return at the beginning of the season, but he exercised his FA qualification first, and eventually signed a three-plus-year total of 2.7 billion won with NC in May after the 2021 season opened.
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He firmly cracked down on the back door, but it began to shake little by little in 2023. He pitched in 60 games and recorded 4 wins, 4 losses and 29 saves, but his ERA was slightly higher at 4.13. In particular, he had 10 saves in 10 games since September, but his ERA was slightly higher at 5.63. In addition, he was unstable with six runs and an ERA of 7.71 in seven innings in seven postseason games that year. In the last game of 2023, he made his 51st career 500 appearance in KBO history, but he couldn't just laugh.
Lee Yong-chan finished the 2023 season and "In the second half, (Ryu) Jin-wook, I, and (Kim) Young-kyu threw the ball separately." As Young-gyu went to the Asian Games, Jin-wook and I started throwing, and I think we lost our stamina due to a close game. I remember it as an SSG match. The performance in the first half was not as good as I thought, so I was desperate and prepared for the second half. I came out the day after I caught five outs, and I got hit. The strength that I was holding on to has fallen. The aftermath seems to have led to the postseason"and analyzed the cause.
I worked hard to prepare for 2024, but it wasn't easy. In 57 games, he finished the season with a 6.13 ERA with 3 wins, 9 losses, 16 saves and 2 holds. In 39 games in the first half, he was good with 3 wins, 5 losses, 14 saves, 2 holds, and an ERA of 2.77, but he was sluggish with 4 losses, 2 saves and an ERA of 14.67 in 18 games in the second half.
The ball power is slightly lower than before, but it is evaluated that it can still help in the middle. In addition, it was a resource that allowed selection conversion because of its experience in selection. Some clubs showed interest in Lee Yong-chan, but they couldn't definitely enter the recruitment race due to salary cap issues or the burden of compensation players.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
