The match between ktwiz and Doosan Bears in the 1st leg of the pro baseball 2020 KBO postseason playoff was held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 9th. In the beginning of the 7th, sovereignty is throwing the ball in the rescue. Gocheok = Reporter Kim Min-kyu [email protected] /2020.11.09/
The first players since 2012 have submitted an application for a salary adjustment.
KT bullpen pitcher Ju Kwon, 26, was unable to complete the salary negotiations with the club and applied for mediation with the KBO. KBO said to 6:20 pm on the 11th, “The player who applied for an annual salary adjustment is one KT sovereign.”
Sovereignty is the pitcher who led KT’s first postseason advancement with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses, 31 hold, and an average ERA of 2.70 in 77 games in the 2020 season. Personally, I was also a title holder in the hold category. It was also number one in the team.
Negotiations continued to be difficult. Sovereignty’s annual salary for the 2020 season is 150 million won. Of course, the club also suggested an increased amount. 220 million won. However, the amount the player wanted was 250 million won. The difference was 30 million won.
Article 75 of the KBO Regulations stipulates that’if there is no agreement on financial matters such as annual salary between the club and the reserved player, the club or player may apply to the governor for mediation’. The deadline is on January 10th every year at 6pm. This year, since the 10th was a legal holiday (Sunday), it was the 11th, a day later. It is known that the KT club and the players met on the 11th, but were unable to narrow the disagreement.
A player who applied for a salary adjustment nine years after Lee Dae-hyung, who was part of LG in 2012, came out. In 2011, no mediation committee was held. Clubs and players submit data on the basis of their annual salary calculation to KBO within five days of the deadline for applying for annual salary adjustment. At the time, Lee Dae-hyung stamped the club’s presentation (85 million won) after three days of application.
In fact, there have been only 20 cases in the history of the coordination committee being held due to confrontation between the player and the club. The last conciliation committee was held in 2011. It was Lee Dae-ho (Lotte). Lee Dae-ho, who won seven hitting crowns in the 2010 season, demanded 700 million won, an increase of 310 million won in annual salary for the 2011 season. The club offered 630 million won. The steering committee raised the club’s hand.
In 2002, Ryu Ji-hyun (now LG manager) is the only case in which a player fulfilled his request in the steering committee. At the time, the club offered 190 million won, which was reduced by 10 million won from 200 million won in the previous year, but the player requested 220 million won.
The sovereign salary adjustment committee is formed by the KBO governor. The mediation must be completed by the 25th. In the meantime, if the player and the club agree, the request for annual salary adjustment will be invalid. The KT club said, “We respect the choice as it is a player’s right.”
Reporter Ahn Hee-soo [email protected]