[스포츠]Lee Dae-ho also stays in Lotte…’Challenge for ML’ Yang Hyun-jong?

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Lee Dae-ho, the franchise star of Lotte Professional Baseball, decided to join Lotte in the last two years of his career.

As the large fisheries FAs have completed their contracts one after another, attention is now on Yang Hyeon-jong, who is holding the last hope of the major league.

Reporter Seo Bong-guk reports.

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Lee Dae-ho, representing Busan, the’City of Baseball’, will spend the last two years of his career with Lotte.

Lotte announced that it has signed a free agency contract with Daeho Lee for a total of 2.6 billion won for two years.

[이대호 / 롯데 내야수 : 좋은 조건으로 계약해주신 롯데 관계자분들께 감사드리고 2년 동안 최선을 다해서 팬들이 생각하는 우승을 꼭 할 수 있도록 열심히 하겠습니다.]

Lee Dae-ho will virtually finish his active life in Lotte uniforms by next year.

In this contract, the winning option of 100 million won was added, and if Lotte wins, all 100 million won will be donated to the underprivileged.

Lee Dae-ho, who has successfully signed a contract, will immediately join Lotte’s spring camp starting next week at Sajik Stadium.

As Lee Dae-ho’s stay in Lotte has been confirmed, the remaining interest is now on the big league free agent Yang Hyeon-jong, who is holding the last hope of advancing to the major leagues.

With the deadline promised by Hyeonjong Yang and KIA is imminent, KIA is preparing to proceed with the contract immediately if advancement to the major leagues fails.

[조계현 / KIA 단장 : 미국 메이저리그행 의지가 너무 강해서…. 포스팅 같으면 구단이 컨트롤을 해 줄 텐데 (현종 선수가) 완전 FA이니까….]

I can’t be optimistic because Hyunjong Yang’s willingness to advance into the U.S. is so strong, but the club is in a position to have a respect for the franchise’s best star.

Yang Hyeon-jong received 9.15 billion won in four years after exercising his first free agency right in 2017.

I am interested in the possibility of surpassing 20 billion won for the first time in the history of a free agent if I remain at KIA.

This is YTN Seo Bong-guk.

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