It was 8 billion Park Chanho's compensation player Hong Mingyu KIA Chooses 19-Year-Old Pitcher Prospects at Doosan
Nov 26, 2025
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KIA announced on the 26th that it has named Hong Min-gyu as a compensation player for shortstop Park Chan-ho, who moved to the Doosan Bears as an FA.
Park Chan-ho signed a four-year, 8 billion won contract with Doosan on the 18th and confirmed his separation from KIA. KBO announced Park Chan-ho's contract on the 20th, and Doosan delivered a list of compensation players to KIA on the afternoon of the 23rd, excluding 20 protected players.
KIA had to confirm the compensation player within three days after receiving the list, and after much consideration, chose Hong Min-gyu. Doosan, along with Hong Min-gyu, must pay Kia 900 million won, or 200% of Park Chan-ho's previous year's annual salary of 450 million won, as compensation.
Hong Min-gyu is a rookie pitcher who graduated from Yatapo and was designated by Doosan as the 26th overall pick in the third round of the 2025 Rookie Draft. He pitched in 20 games (2 starts) this year, recording 2-1 losses, one save, 33 ⅓ innings, and an ERA of 4.59.
In particular, at the 2025 Asian Baseball Championship in China in September, he pitched in three games and recorded a perfect pitch with two wins and six strikeouts and an ERA of 0 in 9.1 innings.
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It is true that Doosan was the pitcher they expected, but it seems that they could not afford to tie them within the 20-man team.
An official from KIA said, `He is a rookie who made his debut this season, but he has performed well in the games he has pitched so far and has excellent control, so he is also expected to be a starting resource in the long run. In particular, the vertical movement level of the fastball is above the league average, and the completeness of the change-up is also high, which is expected to be a great addition to the pitching staff in the future."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
