Standards set forth by the 7 billion FA. You have to do at least this much! → If I win 10 to 150 innings well, everything will be solved
Mar 07, 2025
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Samsung returned home via Incheon International Airport on the 6th after completing its spring camp for the 2025 season. Choi Won-tae raised expectations, saying, "I finished well without injury."
Choi Won-tae is a starting pitcher ambitiously recruited by Samsung in this stove league.
Samsung, which wanted to reinforce its starting lineup, recruited FA Choi Won-tae for a total of 7 billion won for four years. It is 1.2 billion won in incentives to guarantee 5.8 billion won.
Competition was not actually fierce because the original team LG did not offer a high amount to Choi Won-tae.
The prevailing observation was that Samsung could have saved a little more money. However, Samsung opened its wallet coolly for Choi Won-tae. There was also a controversy over "overpaying", but Choi Won-tae calmly said that if he does well, everything will be solved.
Choi Won-tae, who joined Samsung for a large amount of money, said, `There has always been a sense of responsibility. It's only natural that there's a little more."
As for large contracts "I think everything will be solved if I do well. I think we should do at least 10 wins and 150 innings. That's how we prepared it" expressed confidence.
Last season, 16 pitchers pitched more than 150 innings. Among them, 12 pitchers have achieved 10 wins. In Samsung, Connor and Won Tae-in achieved 10 wins and 150 innings.
Choi Won-tae once succeeded in 10 wins and 150 innings when he was at Kiwoom in 2019. At that time, he pitched very well with 11 wins, 5 losses and a 3.38 ERA in 157 ⅓ innings in 27 games. From 2020, there will be no 10 wins or 150 innings. There is a desperate need for a revival.
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Choi focused on improving 'command'. Choi Won-tae was a well-directed camp. First of all, it's accuracy. Throw it where I want it to be. That's the biggest framework."
Choi took the mound four times in a practice game in Okinawa, Japan, and checked his condition. In eight innings, he struck out six and allowed three runs.
He is expected to take the mound as many as three times in the exhibition games that begin on the 8th. Choi Won-tae cautiously predicted that "100% full pitching may be difficult because the first game may not be able to recover his physical strength."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
