Kim Do-young 500%! 100 million → 500 million 'super big increase rate' challenge? "Negotiation just started"...Ha Jaehoon, will you break 455.6%
Kim Do-young 500%! 100 million → 500 million 'super big increase rate' challenge? "Negotiation just started"...Ha Jaehoon, will you break 455.6%
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Will Kim Do-young, Kia Tigers' Donisal, break the 455.6 percent annual salary increase rate that Ha Jae-hoon holds? Attention is focusing on whether he will also seek to earn 500 million won (468,500 U.S. dollars) for the first time in his fourth year as a member of the Kia Tigers, from his previous salary of 100 million won (88,400 dollars).
Kia left negotiations with Seo Geon-chang, an internal FA infielder, at the stove league this winter. While it plans to meet Seo sometime this week to further narrow the gap, most of the negotiations for salary for the 2025 season took place.먹튀검증
Of course, Kia has yet to start full-fledged negotiations with some of its key players, including Kim Do-young, whose annual salary is increasing. The Kia club is proceeding with the annual salary negotiation in consideration of the salary cap in the future.
A source at Kia said, "Most of the negotiations for annual salary have been conducted, and now negotiations with several key players including Kim Do-young must begin in earnest. Since the team won the championship, naturally, the players have high expectations. The same goes for other clubs, and if the team is a winner, there are aftereffects of winning the championship every once in a while. Still, considering what I was worried about when I started, I think I am going smoothly."
Kim Do-young is definitely drawing the most attention in the salary negotiations for Kia this winter. Kim made 2024 her year. Wearing the league MVP, the Golden Glove and the championship ring, Kim achieved perfect results.
Kim Do-young played in 141 games in the 2024 season and succeeded in his career high season with a batting average of 0.347, 189 hits, 38 homers, 109 RBIs, 143 runs, 40 steals, 0.420 on-base percentage, and 0.647 slugging percentage. He ranked at the top of the league in various personal indicators, including slugging percentage, score (first place), home run (second place), batting average, most hits (third place) and steal (sixth place).
The milestone that changed the history of the KBO League was also attributable to Kim. Kim had 10 homers and 10 steals per month for the first time in the KBO League, the highest number of runs scored in a single season, the youngest and the youngest game to have 30 homers and 30 steals, and the third time in his career to have 30 homers and 30 steals and 100 RBIs and 100 RBIs.
After winning the Korean Series, Kim was also selected as a member of the national team for the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12 tournament. Kim garnered great attention in the international arena as she batted .412 with seven hits, three homers and 10 RBIs.
Of course, the mourning period went up. Kim garnered a whopping 95 votes (94 percent) out of 101 in the voting for MVP of the regular season at the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Awards. Kim won the Player of the Year award at various award ceremonies afterwards, and even embraced her first career Golden Glove. Kim garnered 280 votes in the Golden Glove voting for third baseman, ranking first overall with 97.2 percent of the vote.
After winning the Golden Glove award, Kim Do-young said, "I never imagined that I would win this award since I joined the team. I am so honored, so happy and excited to receive this award when I have great seniors at third base. Thank you to the manager, coach, and training part. I also thank the owner and CEO for your full support. I will go back to my daily routine and prepare hard for next season. I will never settle down for good things this year and become a player who can bear the weight of the trophy I received this year. I thank KIA fans and I hope that the cold winter will go away and I will spend the warm end of the year."
Kim Do-young, who wrapped up her best year, is aiming to set a new record of highest salary in her fourth year as a member of the KBO League in 2025. Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) holds the record of highest salary in his fourth year as a pro. Lee received an annual salary of 390 million won (390,000 U.S. dollars) in his fourth year as a pro.
As Kim has already surpassed Lee Jung-hoo's record, he is highly likely to surpass 400 million won in annual salary. In addition, attention is focusing on whether Ha Jae-hoon (SSG Landers) will also break the record of the highest annual salary increase rate held by the KBO. After achieving the "save king" as the closing pitcher of the 2019 season, Ha Jae-hoon sealed his salary for the 2020 season at 150 million won, a whopping 455.6 percent increase from 27 million won. If Kim surpasses 560 million won in annual salary in the 2025 season, he will be able to break Ha's record.
I wonder if Kim Do-young will be able to surpass Ha Jae-hoon's record and reach a new 500 million won salary in his fourth year as a member.