The scandal thrown by the 42-year-old batter into the FA market, Samsung's batting limit and KIA's safety device
Nov 27, 2025
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Of course, I thought the original team KIA Tigers would catch it. But negotiations have been longer than expected.
The eye level was different. The conditions offered by KIA did not satisfy Choi Hyung-woo.
In the meantime, the Samsung Lions actively participated in the war. The Moonlight Alliance team, which was Choi Hyung-woo's former club and faced KIA in the Korean Series a year ago.
They are two teams that could face off again in the Korean Series next season. An interesting battle for the stove league in which team's uniform Choi Hyung-woo will play on the fall stage a year later.
The news of 'Samsung's participation in the war', which was being promoted under the water, has been creeping out since the beginning of the week. In the end, there was even a definitive report to Samsung worth 3 billion for three years.
Both KIA and Samsung were embarrassed. Both clubs and agencies immediately denied the allegations.
Choi Hyung-woo's future will eventually be one of the two teams, but it is true that it has not been decided until at least the 26th. It is still in negotiations with both clubs. The specific conditions have not been summarized either.
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Born in 1983. With the retirement of Samsung Lions' Oh Seung-hwan and Doosan Bears' Ko Hyo-joon, Choi Hyung-woo became the oldest player in the league. It is surprising that multiple competitive teams have been attached to FA hitters who have passed the bullseye.
Choi Hyung-woo has been the center of KIA's batting lineup, which has been loosened due to mass injuries and sluggishness this season.
He has a batting average of 0.307 in 133 games, 24 home runs, and 86 RBIs. With a slugging percentage of 0.529 and an on-base percentage of 0.399 with an OPS of 0.928, it is unbelievable that the 42 batters recorded it.
Choi Hyung-woo was the batter whom the opposing pitcher did not want to meet in the crisis. None of the outstanding KIA star players, including Wisdom, Na Sung-beom, and Kim Do-young, exceeded Choi Hyung-woo's presence this season in terms of reasons and aspects of various bases.
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An exclusive bid was expected, but surprisingly, a competitive team was added. It was Samsung, his former team, which had a justification for transfer. No matter how much C-grade FA has no reward players, Choi Hyung-woo's annual salary this season is a whopping 1 billion won. The compensation scale is 1.5 billion won, which is 150%. Samsung has to pay 'FA total + 1.5 billion won' to return the legendary star to his original position. Competition with Kia, the original team, is never easy. Nevertheless, Samsung decided to participate in the war. I thought it was worth the investment and had a good chance of winning. This means that he highly valued Choi Hyung-woo. It is judged that the season of 43 next year and the season after 44 will also be in good shape. This can only be explained that Choi Hyung-woo is amazing.
However, Samsung, which has to pay 1.5 billion won in compensation, cannot invest a huge amount of money far beyond KIA's conditions.
First of all, Choi Hyung-woo's future is expected to take a new turn as Samsung's intention to participate in the war has been revealed. somewhere between KIA's safety device and Samsung's betting limit, the future of the batter who will be forty-two is expected to be decided soon.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
