Kim Do Young, the highest annual salary?Attention is focusing on whether Lee Jung-hoo will cross the line.

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The stove league, where professional baseball players and clubs negotiate salaries, is in full swing.

Attention is focusing on whether KIA Kim Do-young, who dominated professional baseball last year, will receive the highest salary as a player in his fourth year of history beyond Lee Jung-hoo.

I'm reporter Yang Si-chang.

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Last season, he was the youngest player ever to score at least 30 home runs and 30 steals in a game, a new KBO record of 143.

On top of that, Kim Do-young, who was the youngest to hit .300, 100 RBIs, and 100 runs, swept the MVP award at the year-end ceremony and even got her first career Golden Glove.

[KIM DO YOUNG / KIA infielder: I will never settle for the good parts of this year and try to be a person who can bear the weight of the trophies I received this year.]

Even in the stove league, where the player and the club's annual salary negotiations are taking place, the interest is definitely in Kim Do-young's annual salary negotiations.

The KBO's highest salary for a fourth-year player in history is Lee Jung-hoo, who entered San Francisco in the Major League Baseball, who received KRW 390 million in 2020.

The key is whether Kim Do-young, who is in her fourth year this year, will break this record.
The variable is that Kim Do-young received an annual salary of 100 million won last year, unlike Lee Jung-hoo, who recorded the highest annual salary in his third year in the previous season
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A surprising increase of more than 300% would be needed to rewrite the fourth-year high, but the outlook is not pessimistic.

This is because it has not only individual performance but also a premium for team integration wins, and the profits it has given to the club outside of the game, such as uniform sales, are considerable.

An official from the KIA team said that the sharp increase seems clear considering Kim Do-young's performance and marketing aspects, but declined to comment on details because negotiations are still underway.

Whether Kim Do-young, who has been reborn as a superstar, will also break a new salary record, and it is expected to be revealed before the 23rd when the KIA team leaves for off-season training.

It's YTN Yang Si-chang.


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