Shinsoo Choo, KBO League’s 7th overseas special nomination contract… The amount is the best

Choo Shin-soo (39), who joins Shinsegae Group’s E-Mart team, which takes over and re-founded the professional baseball SK Wyverns, signed the 7th KBO league contract as a special overseas player.

Hee-seop Choi (now KIA Tigers coach), Seung-Jun Song (Lotte Giants), Seung-Hak Lee (former Doosan Bears), Tae-in Chae (former Samsung Lions, 2007), Byeong-Hyun Kim (former Nexen Heroes 2012), Jae-guk Ryu (former LG Twins) before Shin-soo Choo 2013) made his debut on the Korean professional baseball stage by signing with the club that nominated him first.

The KBO secretariat and professional clubs held a special nomination meeting for overseas players in 2007 by revising the rules that foreign players before 1999 must go through a rookie draft in order to debut in Korean professional baseball.

I hoped that the players who played in the major leagues would play an active part in Korea and become a catalyst for box office success.

KBO held a special nomination meeting for overseas players in 2007 and drafted a draft to return to Korea for Choi Hee-seop and Chae Tae-in, five years after advancing overseas since 1999.

At this time, SK Wyverns nominated Choo Shin-soo as the first priority in the overseas group special nomination held on April 2, 2007.

The’Special Nomination for Overseas Players’ cannot be transferred to other clubs while the club retains the nomination rights permanently, and the player cannot be traded for one year after signing a contract.

Choo Shin-soo, who has played in the major leagues of the American professional baseball all the way, will finally return to Korea in 2021, 14 years after nomination.

Choo Shin-soo signed a contract with Shinsegae Group for an annual salary of 2.7 billion won.

This is the highest amount ever in KBO League, exceeding 2.5 billion won by Lee Dae-ho (Lotte), and the largest amount among overseas special nomination contracts.

Previously, the highest amount was 1.5 billion won of Kim Byeong-hyun, who signed a down payment of 1 billion won and an annual salary of 500 million won.

Hyundai Unicorns specially nominated Kim Byeong-hyun, and Kim Byeong-hyun joined Nexen, the successor of Hyundai Unicorns.

Hee-seop Choi followed by 1.15 billion won, including a down payment of 800 million won and an annual salary of 350 million won, followed by Ryu Empire (down payment of 550 million won + annual salary of 100 million won), Seung-jun Song and Seung-hak Lee (down payment of 200 million won + annual salary of 100 million won), and Tae-in Chae (down payment 100 million won + 50 million won per year).

Choo Shin-soo decided to use 1 billion won of his annual salary for social contribution activities after consulting with the club.

Park Chan-ho (48), a major league pioneer with the No. 1 Korean Big League, signed a contract with Hanwha Eagles, his hometown team at the end of 2011 through the so-called’Park Chan-ho Special Act’ agreed by the KBO secretariat and the professional club to play in the KBO league.

Park Chan-ho stamped 24 million won, the lowest annual salary for newcomers at the time required for player registration.

Instead, Hanwha paid up to 600 million won, including an annual salary of 400 million won and an option of 200 million won, which was originally intended to be given to Park Chan-ho, as an amateur baseball development fund.

Jae-eung Seo, Sun-woo Kim, and Jung-geun Bong, who also played in the major leagues, left for the United States while being nominated by a professional club, and when they returned, they signed a contract with the nominated club.

Jae-eung Seo, who received the second priority nomination from Haitai Tigers (now KIA Tigers) in 1996, signed a contract with KIA for a total of 1.5 billion won, including a down payment of 800 million won, an annual salary of 500 million won, and an option of 200 million won.

In addition, Kim Sun-woo, the second priority nominee of OB Bears (now Doosan Bears) in 1996, also signed a total of 1.5 billion won, the same amount as his friend Seo Jae-eung in January 2008. The contract was KRW 900 million, an annual salary of KRW 400 million, and an option of KRW 200 million.

Bong Joong-geun, the first nominated player associated with the LG Twins in 2007, received a contract payment of 1 billion won and an annual salary of 350 million won with LG in May 2006, and wore a twin uniform.