[SC핫포커스]’KIA and FA negotiations begin’ Yang Hyeon-jong, Tigers most wins in 2021 + KBO League strikeout 2nd place in front of Shinshin

[스포츠조선 김진회 기자] Yang Hyeon-jong (33), who was aiming to advance into the US major leagues, started negotiating a free contract (FA) with the KIA Tigers team.

On the 14th, Yang Hyeon-jong had a meeting with KIA club officials for the first official free agency negotiations. It was not a place where specific conditions came and went. Yang Hyun-jong’s side set the deadline for advancement to the major leagues until the 20th. When the deadline for about a week was left, the situation was more focused on waiting for an official offer in the United States. However, from the second meeting to be held before the 20th, it is expected to completely return to residual negotiations.

In fact, the likelihood of Yang Hyeon-jong’s strikeout in the big league has declined. I applied for posting after finishing 2014 when I was 26 years old, but the KIA club at that time refused to post. The transfer fee (bid) was ridiculously low. Two years later, he was once again qualified for free agency and challenged his second major league. I was twenty-eight and young, and there was no transfer fee. But, again, I didn’t get a satisfactory offer from the major league team. It was a split contract with no minor league veto. Japanese professional baseball Yokohama DeNA Basetas were reported to be interested, but the recruitment was not reached.

Now, attention is paid to the size of Yang’s remaining contracts. Yang Hyeon-jong signed an annual contract for the past four years for one year. Every year, he played a stable role. They steadily received KRW 2.3 billion in annual salary and KRW 6-7 billion in incentives (estimated). I took over 10 billion won. However, the size of the second free agency contract is expected to fall short of the first contract held after the 2016 season. KIA Director Gye-Hyun Jo said, “I want to honor you as much as possible.”

KIA had a lot of excellent free agent field resources at Stove League this winter, but it wasn’t even accessible. This is because it was judged that the bleeding was not easy just by catching Hyung-woo Choi and Hyun-jong Yang, who are called big players in the market as well as within the team. Therefore, guidelines for free agency negotiations with Hyunjong Yang are expected to be prepared. In other words, it is an observation that the amount of money to keep Yang Hyeon-jong remained.

Yang Hyun Jong’s side is also in need of some concessions to the reality caused by the aftermath of Corona 19. If there is another team that will be interested in Yang Hyun-jong, the situation will change rapidly, but in order to harbor Yang Hyun-jong, he has to start negotiations with a compensation of 4.6 billion won (200% of last year’s annual salary), so there is no team that will be ready. Negotiations begin when there are less than 15 days left until the spring camp, so if there is no concession, the negotiations will inevitably be prolonged.

Yang Hyeon-jong runs toward two goals when he remains in KIA. It is a permanent absence with the Tigers most wins. Three pitchers have won over 140 wins in Tigers history. Former manager Seon Dong-yeol (146 wins) of’Mt. Mudeung Bomber’, director Lee Kang-cheol of’nuclear submarine’ KT Wiz (150 wins) and Hyun-jong Yang. In particular, Lee has the most wins from the Tigers. In reality, only Yang Hyun-jong has the conditions that can be overcome. A 3 win is a tie, and a 4 win is a break. In addition, the third strikeout record (1673) in KBO League history has been raised continuously, targeting Lee Kang-cheol (1751) and Song Jin-woo (2048). If you go beyond this and become the number one strikeout strikeout, you will be able to engrave your own number 54 in the permanent absence of only two of the Tigers thoughts, Seon Dong-yeol and Lee Jong-bum. Reporter Kim Jin-hoe [email protected]