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| On the 29th, a local report came out on the 29th that Kiwoom Heroes infielder Kim Ha-seong (25), who is challenging the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB), is likely to join the San Diego Padres. (News 1 DB) 2020.12.29/News 1 |
The San Diego local media reported that Ha-seong Kim, 25, who aims to advance to the major leagues through postings, signed a contract with San Diego Padres for $25 million over four years. Both the period and the total amount were less than expected.
The San Diego Union Tribune reported on the 29th (Korean time) that “Padris has agreed to a four-year contract with Ha-sung Kim, a Korean star, for $25 million.”
On this day, a contract agreement with Kim Ha-sung was delivered through MLB.com, but the exact amount was not released.
MLB Network’s John Hayman said on the terms of the contract with San Diego Kim Ha-Sung that it will be “at least four years,” and the New York Post predicted that “the average annual salary is between 6 million and 7 million dollars.”
According to the San Diego Tribune, Padres appears to have signed a contract with Kim Ha-sung for $6.25 million a year (about 6,825 billion won).
If the report in the San Diego area is correct, Kiwoom Heroes, a club affiliated with Kim Ha-sung, can receive $5 million, 20% of $25 million, as a posting.
According to the’Korea-US player contract agreement’ signed by the major league secretariat and the Korean Baseball Commission (KBO) in 2018, 20% of the transfer fee is charged when the total amount of guarantee is less than $25 million. In the case of $25 million to $50 million, add 17.5% of the amount exceeding $25 million to $5 million, 20% of $25 million.
If you sign for 25 million dollars, you will receive 5 million dollars (about 5.46 billion won) as a transfer fee.
Some predicted that Ha-Sung Kim would be able to sign a total of $40 million for five years with an annual salary of $8 million, but when the cover was opened, the contract amount was lower than expected.
Meanwhile, Kiwoom made a transfer fee of 12.85 million dollars (about 14.1 billion won) by advancing signboard hitter Park Byeong-ho (34) to the Minnesota Twins through a posting system in 2015.
This is the second-largest amount ever after Ryu Hyun-jin (33, Toronto Blue Jays) left after the transfer from Hanwha Eagles to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2013 season, at $27,373737 and 33 cents (about KRW 28.3 billion).
In 2014, he sent Jung-ho Kang (33) to the Pittsburgh Pirates as a post and received 5 million and 2015 dollars (about 5.5 billion won).
After the posting rules were changed, Kim Gwang-hyun, 33, signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals for a guarantee amount of $8 million and gave SK Wyverns $1.6 million (about KRW 1.7 billion).
Ha-sung Kim, who left for the United States on the 28th, is expected to sign an official contract with San Diego after undergoing medical tests in the field. The deadline for posting is on January 2nd at 7am.