The LG Twins of the professional baseball league is set to select a compensation player for Choi Won-tae, an FA pitcher who moved to the Samsung Lions. Samsung sent a list of protected players (20 players) to LG on the 10th.먹튀검증
On the 6th, Samsung signed an FA contract with Choi Won-tae for up to 7 billion won for four years (2.4 billion won in down payment, 3.4 billion won in annual salary for four years, and 1.2 billion won in incentives for four years).
According to the KBO rules, when the FA contract is announced, the FA recruitment team must send a list of protected players to the original team within three days. KBO announced Choi Won-tae's FA contract on the 8th. Samsung only had to send a list of protected players to LG by the 11th, and notified LG a day earlier than the deadline. It quickly decided on the list of 20 protected players.
LG needs to nominate a compensation player within three days after receiving the list of protected players. The deadline is Friday, June 13. LG had to agonize over selecting a compensation player on Friday and Sunday as well.
LG, which ended its long-cherished dream of winning the Korean Series title last year for the first time in 29 years, finished third in this year's regular season, and lost to Samsung in the playoffs, failing to advance to the Korean Series. LG aims to regain its top position next year.
After receiving the list of protected players on Thursday, Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "I am watching both the fielders and the pitchers." LG had a hard time running the mound due to lack of bullpen pitcher lineup. However, he does not seem to have put bullpen pitcher on the list. He will likely pick the 21st player based on his performance.
It is expected that he will immediately nominate power resources as compensation players rather than prospects. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop had the opportunity to nominate two FA compensation players after taking office as LG's head coach in November 2022. At that time, Yoo Kang-nam signed a four-year, 8 billion won FA contract with Lotte, and Chae Eun-sung signed a six-year, 9 billion won contract with Hanwha to transfer to the FA.
LG named pitcher Kim Yoo-young as compensation player for Yoo Kang-nam and pitcher Yun Ho-sol as compensation player for Chae Eun-sung. Rather than promising future players, the team immediately recruited full-strength pitchers as soon as they could contribute to the team. Choi Won-tae's compensation player is also likely to be chosen with the same direction.
Meanwhile, Cha Myung-seok, general manager of LG, is attending the Major League Winter Meeting that is taking place in Dallas, Texas. He is coordinating the nomination of compensation players over the phone with Korea. Cha is scheduled to return to Korea on Wednesday. He will finally decide on the compensation players and notify Samsung after returning to Korea.
LG has beefed up its bullpen by recruiting free agent pitcher Jang Hyun-sik during the off-season. The team signed a four-year contract worth 5.2 billion won (1.6 billion won in down payment and 3.6 billion won in annual salary for four years). It has also acquired Jang and handed over first-place designated pitcher Kang Hyo-jong to KIA as a compensation player in 2021.
In addition, Ham Deok-ju and Yoo Young-chan will undergo elbow surgery one after another after the end of the season, leaving a gap in the first half of next year, and will recruit additional FA bullpen pitchers. They reached an agreement with Kim Kang-ryul, and are set to sign a final contract. Shim Chang-min, a pitcher who was released from NC Dinosaurs, also decided to recruit him after a simple test to join the team.
He also signed contracts with three foreign players. He invested a total of 4 million dollars. He re-signed with Elijah Hernandez for a total of 1.3 million dollars (down payment of 300,000 dollars, annual salary of 800,000 dollars, option of 200,000 dollars) and Austin Dean for a total of 1.7 million dollars (down payment of 300,000 dollars, annual salary of 1.2 million dollars, option of 200,000 dollars).
Without renewing his contract with Detrick N.S., he signed a new foreign pitcher Yoni Chirinos, who recorded 20 wins, 17 losses and a 4.22 ERA in 75 games in the Major League, for a total of $1 million ($200,000 down payment, annual salary, $800,000).