It’s Choi who shouts fighting
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyun-koo = Choi Ji-man (30, Tampa Bay Race) won the annual salary adjustment of the American Professional Baseball (MLB) facing the club and received an annual salary of 2.45 million dollars (about 2.75 billion won) this year.
The Associated Press reported on the 6th (Korean time) that the annual salary adjustment committee composed of three members raised only Choi’s hand.
Choi Ji-man asked for $2.45 million in annual salary negotiations, and the club confronted it with $1.85 million. The two sides, which could not narrow their disagreements, decided to rely on the decision of the annual salary adjustment committee.
On the 5th, after listening to the talks of both sides, the Salary Adjustment Committee declared Choi’s victory in one day.
In the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), only 60 games per team last year, but Choi only received $427,000,148 including incentives because the annual salary decreased in proportion to the number of games.
If this season with 162 games per team ends as scheduled, only Choi will take nearly six times more money than last year.
In particular, Choi only received more than 1 million dollars in annual salary for the first time since entering the United States in 2010.
At a press conference the day before, he said, “I will receive a three-digit (meaning more than 1 million dollars) annual salary for the first time (whether or not I win or lose the annual salary adjustment committee).”
With the annual salary adjustment committee announced the results of three of the 13 offseason applications for adjustment, only Choi Man-man won the club.
New York Mets third baseman and outfielder JD Davis and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander both lost to the club.
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