Yeom Kyung-yeop, Lee Seung-yeop, Hong Won-ki, Park Jin-man, and Lee Sung-yong's contract has dawned. Change of coach after season Typhoon Buna

Jan 01, 2025

A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions in Game 4 of the playoffs at Jamsil Stadium on the 19th. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.19/

2024 A meeting of bears was held at Jamsil Stadium on the 24th. Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop is entering. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.11.24/

Samsung won the third game of the Korean Series between KIA and Samsung at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 25th, 4-2. Director Park Jin-man and Koo Ja-wook share the joy of victory. Daegu = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.25/

The new year of 2025 has come. Ten KBO League teams will forget last year and make a fresh start toward their goals with a new mind and determination. The goal of all 10 teams is to win. Still, each team sets realistic goals in consideration of the team's power.

The director has a responsibility to achieve that goal. And if you fail to achieve your goal, you must take full responsibility for it.

Coach has changed from 2 out of 10 teams last year. During the season, Hanwha Eagles dismissed Choi Won-ho and recruited veteran coach Kim Kyung-moon, and the NC Dinos replaced Kang In-kwon ahead of the end of the season and finished the season under acting coach Gong Pil-sung, and will make a fresh start this season with a three-year contract with new coach Lee Ho-joon.

This year, as many as five coaches will mark the renewal season. Re-signing depends on the performance this season. There may be a boom in renewing the contract after the season, but there may be a typhoon of managerial change.

LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop, Kiwoom Heroes manager Hong Won-ki, Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man and SSG Landers manager Lee Sung-yong will mark the last season of their contracts this year. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, coach Lee Seung-yeop, coach Hong Won-ki and coach Park Jin-man signed a three-year contract, while coach Lee Sung-yong signed a two-year contract.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop signed a three-year contract worth 2.1 billion won (300 million won in down payment, 500 million won in annual salary, and 300 million won in option), and was appointed as the coach in 2023 to win LG's championship and led the team to the first year in 29 years. He also enjoyed his first win as a coach. He sought to win the title for the second consecutive year last year, but remained in third place. In order to regain the championship this season, he recruited FA Jang Hyun-sik and Kim Kang-ryul to strengthen the bullpen, which was sluggish last year.

A match between the Kiwoom Heroes and the SSG Landers at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 8th. SSG manager Lee Soo-yong is watching the match. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.08/

Kiwoom won the game between Kiwoom and LG 9-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th. Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki and Song Sung-moon share their joy of victory. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.09.11/

Five coaches, including LG Yeom Kyung-yeop, Samsung Park Jin-man, Doosan Lee Seung-yeop, SSG Lee Soo-yong and Kiwoom Hong Won-ki, will end their contracts after this season. Sports Chosun DB

Lee Seung-yeop was an unusual case in which he was immediately appointed as Doosan manager without a coaching career after retiring as a player. He ranked fifth in the fall baseball in the first year, but lost the wild card game against NC, and succeeded in fall baseball for the second consecutive year in fourth place despite suffering from foreign pitchers' injuries and sluggishness this year, but he lost his first fourth-place team to drop out of the wild card game against fifth-place KT Wiz. This season, he should not only advance to fall baseball but also show good performance in fall baseball.

Coach Hong Won-ki signed a three-year contract after finishing second in the Korean Series in the 2022 season. However, it has been the last place for two consecutive years. However, since the team is focusing on fostering prospects rather than performance, and this year is also the same, coach Hong Won-ki's future will not necessarily be evaluated only by performance.

Coach Park Jin-man finished eighth in his first year, but showed a miraculous race to finish second in the Korean Series last year with the harmony of old and new. This year, he will recruit FA Choi Won-tae to foreign pitcher Ariel Furado to try to win the championship with a more stable starting team.

Lee is the coach appointed to catch two birds with one stone: grades and one stone. It was SSG, which was ranked third last year, but failed to play in fall baseball this year, finishing sixth. As it is the second season, we need to show solid results this year.

How many of the five coaches will succeed in renewing their contracts.

KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, and Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung are under contract until 2026, and Lee Bum-ho, who renewed his three-year contract with the new coach Lee Ho-joon after winning, is until 2027.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.