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Son Ah-seop, who has been keeping the Lotte outfield for 15 years, made a surprise transfer to the 'Nakdong River rival' NC. Golden Glove catcher Minho Kang stayed with Samsung.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
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Son Ah-seop wore an NC uniform for a total of 6.4 billion won, including a down payment of 2.6 billion won, an annual salary of 3 billion won for 4 years, and an option of 800 million won.
Son Ah-seop, who played as a key hitter for Lotte for 15 years after his first team debut in 2007 and hit 2,77 hits, the most among active players, had several negotiations with Lotte after the FA market opened, but could not reach an agreement. chose to transfer.
[Sohn Ah-seop / NC Outfielder: I have received a lot of love from the Lotte Giants for 15 years and I have many good memories, but my heart hurts so much and I want to repay you with better grades (at NC) as they gave me the opportunity.]
NC gave Na Seong-beom to KIA However, they minimized the power gap by recruiting outfielders Park Geon-woo and Son Ah-seop from the national team.
Kang Min-ho, who guarded Samsung's home for the past four years, stayed with Samsung for a maximum of 3.6 billion won in four years.
Kang Min-ho, who signed an FA contract with Lotte for 4 years and 7.5 billion won in 2014 and Samsung for 4 years and 8 billion won in 2018, earned a total of 19.1 billion won from three free agent contracts, ranking third in history after Kim Hyun-soo and Choi Jeong. I did.
The total amount of free agent contracts signed this winter has reached an all-time high of 87.7 billion won, exceeding the 76.6 billion won in 2016.
(Video editing: Oh Young-taek)