Kiwoom said on the 22nd, “We have completed annual salary contracts with all 44 people (excluding rookies, fostering, military holdovers, FA, non-FA multi-year contracts, and foreign players) for the 2024 season.”

Kim Hye-sung stands out. It is 650 million won, up 230 million won from the previous one. It is a 54.8 percent increase.

With this contract, Kim Hye-sung broke his record of highest annual salary in eight years. It exceeded Na’s 550 million won (53,000 U.S. dollars). It is also the highest amount of increase and highest annual salary among those who are eligible for the contract in the team.

Kim Hye-sung led the team’s batting lineup in 137 games last season, posting 186 hits from 556 times at bat, a batting average of 0.335, seven homers, 57 RBIs and 104 runs scored, and an OPS of 0.842. He was the center of the infield and won the Golden Glove Award for the third consecutive year.

Kim Hwi-jip, who recorded the most home runs in the team last season, received 110 million won, up 48.6% from the previous year, and rose to his first billion-dollar salary since his debut.

Lee Ju-hyung, who joined in a trade in the middle of the season and showed promise, signed an annual salary of 66 million won and recorded a 100% increase rate.

Ha Young-min and Lee Myung-jong, who helped the pitching staff in various positions, recorded 15 million won in increase, and signed autographs at 80 million won and 60 million won, respectively. Jang Jae-young, who recorded his first starting win since his debut last season, signed an annual contract of 40 million won.

Of the 44 people eligible for the annual salary contract, a total of six people, including one pitcher and five fielders, are paid hundreds of millions of dollars

BY: 사설토토