"FA is left to the club." I declared Doosan for life...Huh Kyung-min, who gave up '3 years and 2 billion won', can we find a bigger contract?
"FA is left to the club." I declared Doosan for life...Huh Kyung-min, who gave up '3 years and 2 billion won', can we find a bigger contract?
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Huh Kyung-min, who gave up his three-year, 2 billion won option, once again came to the free agent market to be evaluated by the market. With the announcement of "Jongshin Doosan Bears," what will happen to Huh Kyung-min.
Huh Kyung-min, who was selected by Doosan as the seventh overall pick in the second round of the rookie draft in 2009, first took the first team stage in 2012. Then, he took the lead in earnest from 2014, after the end of the 2020 season, he acquired his first career FA qualification, and re-signed with Doosan for a total of 8.5 billion won for 4+3 years. At that time, the details of the contract included a three-year player option after receiving a total of 6.5 billion won with a four-year down payment of 2.5 billion won and an annual salary of 4 billion won.
Huh Kyung-min, who had the second-best season of his career in the 2020 season, began to lose his performance shortly after signing an FA contract. He played in 136 games in the 2021 season and recorded 130 hits, five homers, 59 RBIs, and a batting average of 0.278 OPS of 0.703, and in the 2022 season, he gradually increased his offensive index to 125 hits, eight homers, 60 RBIs, and a batting average of 0.289 OPS of 0.758 but failed to produce a dramatic turnaround. And last year, he also left a disappointing performance with a seven-homer batting average of 0.268 OPS of 0.703.
This season was a little different, perhaps the last for Doosan if it didn't activate the player option. Was it also the power of FA Lloyd's? Huh Kyung-min couldn't play a full-time season due to injuries, but he succeeded in jumping to a batting average of 0.309 OPS 0.811, with 129 hits, seven homers and 61 RBIs in 115 games, including a run to the top of the league's batting average at the beginning of the season, and then gave up the option of three years and 2 billion won and decided to be valued once again in the FA market.
Heo Kyung-min expressed regret over Doosan fans' truck protest during this season and declared "Jongshin Doosan," but there is a possibility that the promise will not be kept. Of course, even if Doosan declares the FA, there is no reason why Doosan cannot remain. If Doosan hands over better terms than the existing three-year, two-billion-won option to Huh Kyung-min, Heo can start and end his career at Doosan. However, if mutual interests do not match, a picture of separation can also be made.
In addition, Doosan currently does not have many resources to fill Heo Kyung-min's gap. This season, when Heo Kyung-min left due to injury, several players were appointed to third base positions, but they did not get the right results. It takes a lot of time to find or nurture resources to replace Heo Kyung-min. Therefore, we have no choice but to put Heo Kyung-min's remaining first.
For now, coach Lee Seung-yeop did not speak much. Last year, when asked about contracts with Yang Seok-hwan and Hong Geon-hee in an interview with reporters before the closing camp, Lee expressed his hope to stay. However, the atmosphere was quite different this year. When asked about FA players ahead of the closing camp in Icheon on June 6, Lee told reporters, "The FA players completely left it up to the team."
"No matter what the outcome is, there is nothing I can say. I hope they negotiate well," the head coach said. "I want to see how I can make a better team next year in Icheon and see at least one of these young players in the first division." Doosan plans to meet with Heo Kyung-min and other "house rabbit" Kim Kang-ryul from next week and have talks. 메이저사이트
It remains to be seen whether Huh Kyung-min, who declared "Jongshin Doosan," will be able to keep his promise and catch both rabbits by signing a new contract on a better condition than 3 years and 2 billion won. For now, the stove league is hot. As Choi Jung signed a four-year guarantee of 11 billion won on the 6th, and Shim Woo-joon moved to Hanwha Eagles through a four-year contract of 5 billion won on the 7th, Heo Kyung-min will also be able to seek a bigger contract than 2 billion won for three years. In reality, however, it seems highly likely that Heo Kyung-min will remain at Doosan.
Heo Kyung-min's performance in the four years since signing the FA contract was a little disappointing with 499 hits, 27 home runs, and a batting average of 0.286 OPS of 0.743 in 502 games. It is undeniable that the team has good defense, including clutch and contact ability, but no club may appear to invest a large amount of money in Heo Kyung-min, who is heading toward his mid- and late 30s, where the average OPS has not reached 0.750.