KT coach Lee Kang-cheol is fighting KT Park Young-hyun in the top of the 8th inning of the 3rd game of the professional baseball '2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Postseason' Korean Series between KT Wiz and LG Twins held at Suwon KT Wiz Park in Jowon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 10th.

 

Including ‘King of Hold’ Park Young-hyun, Son Dong-hyun, and Moon Sang-cheol have risen to the ranks of those with annual salaries worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

On the 31st, the KT Wiz announced that it had completed salary contracts for the 2024 season with 64 of the 65 players eligible for contract renewal, excluding outfielder Song Min-seop.

 

Park Young-hyun, who played as a sure-win team last season, took both the club's highest raise rate and the highest raise amount. Park Young-hyun signed for 160 million won, a 162.3% increase from last season's salary of 61 million won.

 

Last season, just two years after his professional debut, Park Young-hyun played in 68 games and showed outstanding performance with 3 wins, 3 losses, 32 holds, 4 saves, and an ERA of 2.75, winning the KBO youngest hold title.

 

Son Dong-hyun, who showed an impressive performance in last season's playoffs, also signed a contract with an annual salary of 120 million won (140% increase rate), an increase of 70 million won from 50 million won, entering the hundreds of millions of annual salary for the first time since his debut.

 

Outfielder Moon Sang-cheol also earned a salary worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He recorded the highest increase rate among fielders by signing a contract for 110 million won, a 96.4% increase from last season's 56 million won.

 

Outfielder Kim Min-hyuk (annual salary of 240 million won) also recorded the highest raise among fielders with a 90 million won raise.

 

Kang Baek-ho signed a contract with an annual salary of 290 million won, which is frozen from last year, and So Hyun-jun signed a contract with an annual salary of 220 million won (31.3% reduction).

 

Meanwhile, KT plans to continue negotiations with outfielder Song Min-seop, who has not yet signed a contract. 섯다