Why don't you give me as much as that? After 5 years of aftereffects, why preliminary FA salaries skyrocket is dangerous
Feb 03, 2025
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Club A was set to negotiate the annual salary of the players subject to renewal next season. The key is player B's annual salary. Player B, who was one of the team's leading players and star players at the time, did not play the season properly due to his injury.
The problem is that player B didn't have much time left in the FA. Club A reduced the cut to the maximum in consideration of the FA, and the following year, when player B played the season normally, he increased his salary significantly. The amount exceeded the expected figure.
It was a strategic annual salary increase to secure safety devices in preparation for the transfer of FA as much as possible, but the aftereffects were greater than expected. An official from the club A said, `As a result of the negotiations on player B's pre-FA salary, the aftereffects seem to have gone for about five years.'
The aftereffects here refer to noise generated when negotiating with other players. The value of a professional player is expressed in terms of annual salary and ransom. In particular, when negotiating annual salaries, it is measured in consideration of last year's performance figures, performance awards, and other team contributions, but of course, it is a comparison between players.
Even though certain players are subject to cuts because they are preliminary FA, they will be conscious if the cuts are significantly lower than others or if the salary is significantly higher than other players. That's why people complain that "that player gets as much as I do, but why can I only get this much impression?"
In the case of club A, it has been a long time since player B's salary was raised significantly. Like player B, other players who are a year or two ahead of the FA continued to file complaints saying, `Please raise the salary.'
From the club's point of view, there is something to say. It is literally 'strategy'. Players who are really valuable, must-catch players within the team or who are expected to compete early are strategically a way to increase compensation. The FA rating system has been implemented, but depending on the choice, compensation can be received up to 300% of the player's previous year's annual salary of 100%, 150%, and 200%.
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But I can't help but think about the aftereffects. Team A had a safety device in place, but as a result, player B transferred the team. Since then, there has been no significant preliminary FA premium. He also learned a lesson that complaints from other players in the team may eventually harm the team atmosphere.
In fact, the recent KBO League clubs' 'annual salary negotiation' is not a real negotiation. The FA can be negotiated, but the salary negotiation is not. Each club already has a 'annual salary program' that sets weights for each data. The appropriate annual salary amount according to last year's contribution for each player is already calculated through the program.
This, too, is very detailed. This is the result of detailed values per hit and per pitch, as well as data such as ERA and batting average. It doesn't happen that the salary negotiator gives you a little more or cuts you because you have a bad feeling.
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Clubs say "If it's hard to accept the salary, present additional factors that we can understand", but it's hard to persuade. As such, the program is well organized in detail.
Ahead of this season, some prospective FA players' salaries have been 'premium'. Representative examples are KT Wiz's Kang Baek-ho, KIA Tigers' Cho Sang-woo and Choi Won-joon. Kang Baek-ho, who is about to become an FA, has increased his annual salary by 410 million won from 290 million won to 700 million won, while Choi Won-joon, who is also about to become an FA, has also increased sharply from 220 million won to 400 million won.
Cho Sang-woo, who transferred from Kiwoom Heroes to KIA through an off-season trade, also seems to be slightly more likely to cut than the increase in last year's performance, games played, and number of innings, but rather rose from 340 million won to 400 million won. This also seems to have taken into account the fact that it is a preliminary FA.
It is the club's strategic choice to broaden the choice of compensation players by raising the FA rating as much as possible as possible as well as the amount of compensation, but there is also a possibility that it will be a boomerang in the long run. With interest in the FA market already hot this year, I wonder what the clubs' choice will bring.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.