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| KIA Kim Do-young, who won the MVP award at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th, is surprised by fireworks. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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How much do I have to pay for it.
The KIA Tigers had a happy 2024. a combined championship. It was the highest honor a professional team could win.
That's how much my head hurts ahead of the new season. As much as they did well, the expectations of the players go up. In the salary negotiations. But the pie you can give is limited. You and I are all asking for a lot of posts, but even if you want to give your heart as you want, you can't do that, so you have to negotiate.
Kim Do-young is at the center of it. Apart from MVP and Golden Glove titles, it was no exaggeration to say that it would have been impossible to win without Kim Do-young. Everything was overwhelming. It's painful to talk about baseball. Not only baseball, but also the profits that were given to the club by selling uniforms were individual players 'all-time'. Since the uniform sales alone exceeded 10 billion won, it would not be a waste to pay Kim Do-young.
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| The 2024 KBO Golden Glove Awards ceremony was held at the COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th. Kim Do-young, who attended the red carpet event ahead of the ceremony. |
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However, there is a system of salary. As mentioned above, equitable distribution should be made within the salary cap, and historical annual salary records should be referred to. An annual salary that the club can afford for that season and for years to come should be set. For example, if the annual salary suddenly rises to 1 billion won for doing so well in one season, no player will accept it if it falls back to 200 to 300 million won due to sluggish performance in the next season. Also, just because a player who raised it to 1 billion won is better than him, he cannot give 2 billion won in annual salary alone. A lot of things have to be considered.
Kim Do-young's annual salary last season was 100 million won. It was no exaggeration to say that it was the best cost-effectiveness ever. Naturally, the standard was moved to the highest salary in the fourth year. This year is Kim Do Young's fourth season. The highest annual salary in the fourth year in history was KRW 390 million that Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco) received when he was a Kiwoom Heroes player.
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions in Game 2 of the Korean Series at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. KIA Kim Do-young, with two outs, is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.23/ |
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It seems natural to surpass 400 million won beyond Lee Jung-hoo's record, as well as individual and team performances, symbolism, and inflation. Failure to do this will hurt KIA's self-esteem. The difficulty for KIA is that media reports continue to emerge that it is not impossible to treat the team well over 500 million won. It is also encouraging Ha Jae-hoon (SSG, then SK) to break the all-time high increase rate of 455.6% in 2020. Ha Jae-hoon's original annual salary is at least 27 million won, so it cannot be compared. In order to break this record, Kim Do-young's annual salary must exceed 560 million won.
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| Game 5 of the Korean Series between Samsung and KIA at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 28th. KIA won the Korean Series with a 7-5 victory. Kim Do-young waving the champion flag. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.10.28/ |
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However, among non-FA and non-multi-year contract players, KIA has a series of players who will receive a high annual salary of well over 300 million won, including Park Chan-ho, Choi Won-joon, Jung Hae-young and Cho Sang-woo. In particular, the three players except Jung Hae-young are preliminary FA, so they need to pay more attention to their salary.
There are so many things I've brought, so is it really right to give everything I can without having to measure back and forth. Or, since there is a team situation, should we find a trick to keep the line and save our pride.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
