Lotte and Park Chan-ho didn't offer either FA Market Withdrawal! Big Hands Are Rumors After All

Nov 14, 2025

Lotte and Park Chan-ho didn't offer either FA Market Withdrawal! Big Hands Are Rumors After All
KBO League SSG and KIA match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th. Full bases loaded with no outs in the top of the 11th inning. KIA Park Chan-ho got a walk. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.27/



Lotte Giants have actually stepped down from the FA market. There will be no special external recruitment this year as well.

Park Chan-ho's destination, which was considered the FA 'biggest fish', has become somewhat more likely. In the final two-way match between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears, Doosan was outlined to some extent as Doosan led.

Even before the FA market opened, Lotte was said to be actively recruiting Park Chan-ho. Lotte needs to strengthen its shortstop. If the center line is strengthened by external recruitment, recruitment of Park Chan-ho may be the best option. In fact, a high-ranking official from other clubs also said "Lotte is quite active." I think he'll be aggressive." He also checked.




However, it has been confirmed that Lotte did not even offer Park Chan-ho. A baseball official said, `Lotte is not behind in the competition to recruit Park Chan-ho, but has not even offered a contract" he tipped off. Park Chan-ho also did not receive any suggestions from Lotte, but it is said that he was embarrassed by the talk of three-way and four-way matches, including Lotte.

Lotte and Park Chan-ho didn't offer either FA Market Withdrawal! Big Hands Are Rumors After All
Lotte and LG won the game 5-2 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Lotte players, who have lost nine consecutive games, are greeting their fans. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/
Lotte is expected to completely withdraw from the FA market. Since he didn't jump in the first place, the expression "Cheolsoo" may not be right. There were not only Park Chan-ho, but also outside FA players such as Kim Hyun-soo, Lee Young-ha, and Kim Bum-soo who Lotte could seek to recruit, and rumors spread that they were actually interested in them. However, the possibility of becoming a reality is close to '0'. Kang Baek-ho, who has emerged as another alternative, also seems to have no chance of recruiting.

There was a strong request at the scene. Coach Kim Tae-hyung, who was training at the Miyazaki Finishing Camp in Japan, talked about strengthening his power several times, and there was actually consensus on that, but there was no movement from the club.




In the end, the will of the parent company plays a big role in recruiting large FA. It is also read as a willingness not to invest heavily even though it is in a situation where power needs to be strengthened.

Lotte, which finished second in the first half of this year and ended the regular season in seventh place due to falling physical strength of its main players in the second half, failed to advance to autumn baseball for eight consecutive years since the 2018 season. Since the 2017 season, which finished the regular season in third place, it has never reached the top five.

Lotte and Park Chan-ho didn't offer either FA Market Withdrawal! Big Hands Are Rumors After All
The game between the Lotte Giants and the Hanwha Eagles at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 10th. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung is lost in thought. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.10/
It was once called the `big hand' of the FA market by recruiting outside FA players such as An Chi-hong, Yoo Kang-nam, Roh Jin-hyuk, and Han Hyun-hee at high prices, but now it is all old.




Lotte, which signed a four-year contract with Yoo Kang-nam ahead of the 2023 season, 4 billion won for 3+1 years with Han Hyun-hee, and 5 billion won for 4 years with Roh Jin-hyuk, seems to be focusing only on the inside of major players, such as signing a four-year contract with Jeon Joon-woo, who was an internal FA ahead of the 2024 season, 5.4 billion won for 4 years with Kim Won-joong and 2.1 billion won for 2+2 years with Koo Seung-min ahead of the 2025 season.

This winter, there is only one veteran bullpen pitcher, Kim Sang-soo, and no external recruitment is expected. Fans feel a deep thirst for power reinforcement, but the reality is 'empty' rather than 'big'.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.