A total of 34 people qualified for the FA market this year, including 12 new people, 8 re-qualified people, and 14 remaining eligible.
Among them, there are 8 people in A grade, 14 people in B grade, and 12 people in C grade.
By club, SSG Landers has the largest number of six, LG Twins and Samsung Lions with five, Lotte Giants with four, KT Wiz, Doosan Bears, KIA Tigers and Kiwoom Heroes with three, and NC Dinos and Hanwha Eagles with one each.
FA qualified players must apply to KBO for approval to exercise FA rights by the 17th, within two days of the announcement, and KBO plans to announce FA approved players on the 18th.
Ten KBO League clubs and overseas clubs are free to sign contracts from the 19th.
LG, which won the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years, qualified starting pitcher Lim Chan-kyu, bullpen Ham Deok-ju, infielders Kim Min-sung and Seo Geon-chang.
Captain Oh Ji-hwan also obtained FA qualification, but he cannot enter the market in January this year after signing a multi-year contract for a total of 12.4 billion won for a six-year contract period.
The runner-up kt wiz allows closer Kim Jae-yoon to qualify for the FA, while bullpen Joo-joo and veteran infielder Park Kyung-soo are also eligible for the FA.
For the NC Dinos, only one bullpen pitcher, Shim Chang-min, qualified for the FA, and for SSG Landers, catchers Lee Jae-won and Kim Min-sik will be released as FA.
Veteran pitchers Moon Seung-won and Park Jong-hoon, flagship infielder Choi Jung and outfielder Han Yu-seom were also announced, but they are all tied to long-term contracts.
Doosan’s infielder Yang Seok-hwan and bullpen Hong Kun-hee, who are considered the biggest hitters in the FA this year, will be released.
Yang Seok-hwan is the main first baseman’s resource, and Hong Kun-hee is expected to compete with many clubs as he played a must-win assistant.
Veteran pitcher Jang Won-jun qualified as an FA but announced his retirement early on.
KIA Tigers’ infielder Kim Sun-bin, who has the best batting sense, is on the market, and although he was born in 1989, he is not a little old, he can still use it as a main player.
Veteran infielder Ahn Chi-hong and outfielder Jeon Jun-woo each qualified for the second FA in their lives at Lotte, which seeks to leap forward into the new system.
Bullpen pitcher Shin Jung-rak was also listed, and native ace Park Se-woong is not on the market with a multi-year contract with Lotte.
In Samsung, Oh Seung-hwan, the “final king,” will be released as a free agent, and attention is being paid to what choice he will make over retirement and extension of the player.
Infielder Kang Han-ul, outfielder Kim Hun-gon, and bullpen Kim Dae-woo are also eligible for the FA, while Koo Ja-wook is tied to a multi-year contract.
Veteran starter Jang Min-jae of Hanwha, veteran bullpen Lim Chang-min and outfielder Lee Yong-kyu of Kiwoom, and national catcher Lee Ji-young have qualified for the FA.
If 11 to 20 players exercise their FA rights in the FA market this year, there are two external FA players that can be recruited per club.토토사이트 모음
If there are 21 to 30 players, each team can sign with three external FA players.
A club that has recruited an A-grade player as an external FA must compensate its original club for 200% of the previous year’s salary and one player in addition to 20 protected players or 300% of the previous year’s salary.
Grade B player compensation is 100% of the previous year’s salary and one player other than 25 protected players or 200% of the previous year’s salary, and grade C is 150% of the previous year’s salary.