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A great movement of catchers has begun in the professional baseball FA market.
While Kang-Nam Yoo moved to Lotte and Dong-Won Park moved to LG, Doosan's owner directly stepped forward to recruit Eui-Ji Yang.
This is Reporter Lee Seong-hoon.
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Lotte announced that it had signed a four-year contract with Yoo Kang-nam for a total of 8 billion won.
After Kang Min-ho left for Samsung in 2017, Lotte, who suffered from a catcher crisis for 5 years and never played fall baseball, recruited Yoo Gang-nam, who has been active as LG's main catcher for the past 8 years with excellent catch ability and decent long hitting power. I have filled in my weaknesses.
[Yoo Kang-nam/Lotte catcher: Thank you to the Lotte team for recognizing my value and I will do my best for the Lotte pitching staff in the future.]
After saying goodbye to Yoo Kang-nam, LG brought Park Dong-won, who played for KIA, for 6.5 billion won in 4 years.
It is said that new coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, who played together during the Nexen days, played a big role.
[Park Dong-won/LG catcher: Thank you to the LG Twins team for giving me such a good offer from the beginning, and I will come back after preparing well so that I can run hard to win the team.]
A decision on the future of Yang Eui-ji, the largest free agent fish, is also imminent.
Park Jeong-won, owner of Doosan, posted a picture taken with director Yang Eui-ji and Lee Seung-yeop along with a message saying welcome on social media today (21st).
The Doosan club drew a line saying they knew nothing, but in the baseball world, it is expected that Yang Eui-ji will soon finalize a super-large contract that exceeds the 4-year, 12.5 billion won condition signed 4 years ago.
(Video editing: Kijeong Woo)