'A 400% increase' 100 million → 500 million, a vertical rise in ransom...Kim Do-young, Lee Jung-hoo's friend, already sees a new history in his 5th year
'A 400% increase' 100 million → 500 million, a vertical rise in ransom...Kim Do-young, Lee Jung-hoo's friend, already sees a new history in his 5th year
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"500 million won" Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers) has made history in the KBO League. However, this may be just the beginning.
KIA Tigers officially announced on the 21st, "We finalized the renewal negotiations with Kim Do-young with the highest annual salary in his fourth year," adding, "We completed the contract for 500 million won, an increase of 400 million won from last season's annual salary (100 million won)."안전놀이터
Kim Do-young, who has been called the "second Lee Jong-beom" since he was a student at Dongseong High School in Gwangju. At that time, Kia gave Kim the honor of the first nomination after agonizing over the possibility of nominating both Moon Dong-ju (Hanwha Eagles) and Kim Do-young as priority. Obviously, the mound is important, but it was decided that a fielder who can contribute to the team's victory in every game is better than a starting pitcher who takes the mound every four to five days.
His performance in the first season was a little disappointing. Kim played in 103 games, but only recorded 53 hits, three homers, and a batting average of 0.237 OPS of 0.674, and in 2023, his second year, he made remarkable progress with a batting average of 0.303 OPS of 0.824, seven homers, 47 RBIs, and 25 steals in 84 games, but the injury hampered promising players. However, healthy Kim Do-young completely changed KBO league history.
Kim Do-young set a record of 10 homers and 10 steals per month for the first time in the KBO League last year, and played in 141 games, posting 189 hits, 38 homers, 109 RBIs, 143 runs, 40 steals, and a batting average of 0.347 OPS of 1.067. The only regret is that she failed to set a record of 40 homers and 40 steals due to her poor home run pace at the end of the season. However, Kim Do-young displayed impressive performance by setting a new record of not only 30 homers and 30 steals but also a single season record.
As it was truly an "all-time" season, the MVP title was likely to be Kim Do-young at a time when the regular season was not even over, and the highest honor went to Kim Do-young without any unexpected incident. Kim Do-young also joined the Premier 12 national team of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and was spotlighted by "MLB.com " as a result of her impressive performance in global competitions. In particular, the WBSC selected Kim Do-young as the third player to pay attention to in the Premier 12.
With various awards ceremonies swept away, the eyes naturally turned to Kim Do-young's "body value." It was how much Kim Do-young's salary, who wrote a new history of the KBO League, could soar. The previous record of the highest salary in the fourth year was KRW 390 million for Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco), but on the 21st, Kim Do-young finally exceeded Lee Jung-hoo by KRW 110 million and achieved the highest amount in the fourth year of the KBO League.
In particular, Kim Do-young, whose annual salary was raised by 400 million won (400 percent), even made a team record. It broke the highest increase rate held by Yang Hyun-jong (120 million won → 400 million won) in 2015 and Choi Ji-min (30 million won → 100 million won) in 2024. Looking at the KBO League as a whole, he will be ranked second in history after Ha Jae-hoon (27 million won → 150 million won, 455.6%) of SSG Landers.
Now, Kim Do-young's eyes are on a new fifth-year record. Lee Jung-hoo and Kang Baek-ho (KT Wiz) hold the highest annual salary record in the fifth year with KRW 550 million, and Lee Jung-hoo received KRW 750 million in the sixth year and KRW 1.1 billion in the seventh year. With the same performance as last year, it is very natural to set a new record in the fifth year. If Kim maintains his "everage" without any major injuries, the path Kim Do-young walks is expected to lead to the history of the KBO league.
How will Kim Do-young, who has now attracted attention not only from Korean baseball fans but also from all over the world due to his performances in the regular season and Premier 12 last year.