Although he only participated in 60G... Raum treated Lee Yong-kyu with a '300 batting average for the first time in eight years' and an 'annual salary of 200 million won'
Although he only participated in 60G... Raum treated Lee Yong-kyu with a '300 batting average for the first time in eight years' and an 'annual salary of 200 million won'
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Kiwoom Heroes gave Lee Yong-kyu (40), a "veteran" who succeeded in reviving the 2024 season, the "oldest" treatment with not a few salary contracts.
Kiwoom announced on the 10th that it has completed annual contracts with all 50 people (excluding newcomers, fosterers, military holdouts, FA, non-FA multi-year contracts, and foreign players) for the 2025 season.먹튀검증
Except for FA and non-FA multi-year contracts and foreign players, the highest-paid player is "Captain" Song Sung-moon. Song Sung-moon, who ranked second in the Golden Glove third baseman category with a batting average of 0.340 19 home runs, 104 RBIs, 21 steals and an OPS of 0.927 in 142 games last year, recorded a whopping 130.8% increase from the previous 130 million won, marking 300 million won.
He is Lee Yong-kyu, who will receive the second highest annual salary after Song Sung-moon. Lee, who spent the 39-year-old season in 2024, played in 60 games with a batting average of 0.306 (56 hits in 183 times at bat) and one homer, 12 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.801. Although he failed to meet the requirement, it was meaningful in that he recorded a batting average of 0.352 for the first time in eight years since he recorded the batting average of 0.352 when playing for the Hanwha Eagles in 2016.
Lee Yong-kyu, who joined the LG Twins in 2004, signed a contract with Kiwoom in November 2020 worth a total of 150 million won (up to 50 million won per year, optionally) after playing for the KIA Tigers and Hanwha Eagles. After a brilliant prime as a leadoff for the national team, he showed off his rusty skills with a batting average of 0.296 with one homer, 73 RBIs, and 17 steals in 133 games in 2021, the first season of Kiwoom's transfer. However, he had his worst season with a batting average of 0.199 (54 for 271) in 86 games in 2022, and also showed a downward trend with a batting average of 0.234 (36 for 154) in 50 games in 2023.
Lee's salary, which had risen to 400 million won (468,890 dollars) in 2022, has been cut for two consecutive years, from 300 million won (32,400 dollars) in 2023 to 200 million won (24,700 dollars) in 2024. After agonizing over his retirement, Lee successfully revived the 2024 season. Although he started the season late due to injury, he led Kiwoom's batting average of 0.364 (20 hits in 55 at-bats) per month after registering for the first team in April. In May, he slowed down to 0.176 (6 hits in 34 at-bats) but in June, he improved his sense to 0.308 (16 hits in 52 at-bats) again.
Lee, who briefly moved down to the second tier team in early July, swung the bat with a batting average of 0.361 (13 hits in 36 times at bat) in 13 games in the second half of the year after the All-Star break. However, he had to end the season unfortunately due to the injury of his right third toe after being hit in the foot by Drew Anderson's throw at the match against SSG Landers on August 7.
Kiwoom responded by freezing Lee Yong-kyu's annual salary of 200 million won to Lee, who played only 60 games but played his role as the eldest brother when the team was in trouble. Yasiel Puig, Lee Ju-hyung and Ruben Cardenas will be the main players in Kiwoom's outfield in the 2025 season, and Lee Yong-kyu's role is expected to be limited to backup. Nevertheless, Kiwoom decided that Lee Yong-kyu's leadership and leading attitude have a great influence on his juniors and gave them sufficient respect.