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major league Texas Rangers team has officially announced a contract with Hyunjong Yang.
This is a one-year short-term contract with up to 2,500 million won if you are active in the major leagues.
This is Lee Sung-hoon.
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Texas team has signed a minor league contract with Hyunjong Yang and officially announced that they will be invited to the major league spring camp.
If you enter the big leagues, you will receive a guaranteed annual salary of 1.3 million dollars and about 1.44 billion won in our money, and if you add bonuses according to your performance, the maximum total is 2,500 million won.
If you stay only in the minor leagues, it is known that your annual salary is about 150 million won.
Yang Hyun-jong can exercise an'opt-out' requesting termination of the contract if he cannot be promoted to the big league on the opening day.
In this case, you may transfer to another team or return to Korea under FA status.
Lee Dae-ho in 2016 and Hwang Jae-gyun in 2017 challenged the US stage with a ``split contract'' that includes opt-out like Yang Hyun-jong. After staying in, I realized my dream of entering the big leagues at the end of the season.
Senior Texas executives expressed their expectations, saying that Yang Hyun-jong is a proven ace not only in the KBO League but also in international competitions.
Yang Hyun-jong expressed his gratitude to the fans and determined "I will prepare well so that the challenge is not in vain."
(Video editing: Nam Il)