Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.

Nov 09, 2025

Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.
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Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.
A game between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA Park Chan-ho hit a timely two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/
Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.
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A total of 21 players appeared in the FA market this year. It is one more than last winter (20 people).

However, it is a significant change for the 10 professional baseball teams. As one more player applied for FA qualification, each team will be able to recruit up to three FA this winter.

Last year, Hanwha hired Um Sang-baek and Shim Woo-joon and discussed sign-and-trade to strengthen its power, but eventually gave up. This year, if the funds are raised, up to three players can immediately start recruiting players. You don't have to worry about matching trade cards with other teams. Compensation players are a problem to think about after recruiting the player they want.




By team, KIA Tigers have the largest number of six (Yang Hyun-jong, Lee Joon-young, Sang-woo, Han Seung-taek, Park Chan-ho, Choi Hyung-woo), Doosan (Lee Young-ha, Choi Won-joon, Cho Soo-ha), Samsung (Kim Tae-hoon, Lee Seung-hyun, Kang Min-ho), KT (Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, Hwang Jae-gyun), LG (Kim Hyun-soo, Park Hae-min), Hanwha (Kim Bum-soo, Son Ah-seop), and NC (Choi Won-joon) and Lotte (Kim Sang-soo) have one each.

Kang Baek-ho and Park Chan-ho, who are considered the "biggest fish", stand out, and semi-class players such as Park Hae-min, Kim Bum-soo, and Lee Young-ha are also outstanding. Like Yang Hyun-jong, there are veterans who are likely to remain on the original team, but unlike in the past, if the old players are classified as C grade due to the FA rating system, players without compensation players may make surprise transfers. This means that we cannot rest assured of players who are highly valued in the market like Choi Hyung-woo, Kang Min-ho, and Kim Hyun-soo.

Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.
'Korea Series Integrated Winning IN Jamsil' event was held at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Park Hae-min is enjoying the joy of winning with his fans. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.01/
This year, no player made a so-called 'contract at 12 p.m. at the same time as the FA negotiations began.




Some clubs are dedicated to cracking down on FA, and many are actively considering recruiting external FA. However, so far, the market seems to be surprised by the larger amount than expected, with some players exceeding 10 billion won.

Lotte, Doosan, Hanwha, and Samsung are considered candidates for 'Big Hands'. Lotte desperately needs to recruit FA as it is manager Kim Tae-hyung's last season. In both previous seasons, there was no FA recruitment, and in the end, he was frustrated in front of autumn baseball by revealing his limitations. In particular, Kang Baek-ho, a young slugger born in 1999, Park Chan-ho, a commander who will fill the infield with holes, and Lee Young-ha, a powerful fireball who will fill the poor bullpen, are cards that remain even after filling the team's weaknesses.

Up to three people can be recruited, including Kang Baek-ho, Park Chan-ho, and Lee Young-ha at once?There's no contract at 12 o'clock.
Kim Bum-soo is cheering after treating Diaz with an infield ground ball in the bottom of the fifth inning in Game 3 of the playoffs between Hanwha and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/
Hanwha is expected to receive a congratulatory gift from the runner-up in the Korean Series. Doosan needs to renew the contract with new manager Kim Won-hyung and Samsung needs a 'gift' following the renewal of the contract with manager Park Jin-man. Kiwoom, which has to meet the lower limit of the salary cap if Song Sung-moon challenges the U.S. stage, also seems to be on fire.




However, many analysts say that it will be difficult to easily stamp the seal as such rare items are on the market. The players themselves and each club are expected to wait and see the atmosphere of the market for the time being.

In particular, Kang Baek-ho is showing his strong will to enter the U.S. by appointing U.S. agency Paragon Sports International as an agent. Kang Baek-ho will leave for the U.S. in November and hold a showcase for local scouts.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.