You've never been offered a multi-year contract? Shocking Kang Baek-ho's shooting at KT, what is the truth

Nov 21, 2025

You've never been offered a multi-year contract? Shocking Kang Baek-ho's shooting at KT, what is the truth
The first game of a doubleheader between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. KT Kang Baek-ho hit a solo home run against LG Chirinos in the bottom of the fourth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/



You've never been offered a multi-year contract?

Kang Baek-ho's transfer to Hanwha Eagles FA is spreading to a truth battle with KT Wiz.

On the 20th, Kang Baek-ho chose to transfer to Hanwha on the condition of a four-year total of 10 billion won. Baseball was shocked when Kang Baek-ho, who had been growing into a franchise star since joining KT in 2018, chose to transfer to Hanwha rather than the U.S. Major League Baseball.




But that wasn't the end. As Kang Baek-ho posted a disclosure on his SNS, the repercussions grew even more. Yo was an expression of regret for the team that left. Fans were in a frenzy when Kang Baek-ho especially posted a message saying, `I've never been offered a multi-year contract for non-FA.' Suddenly, KT became a team of liars.

You've never been offered a multi-year contract? Shocking Kang Baek-ho's shooting at KT, what is the truth
photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles
So what is the truth. First of all, Kang Baek-ho's writing on the multi-year contract was excessive. The exact fact was that when he signed a salary contract for the 2025 season late last year, there were discussions on a multi-year contract between the KT club and the agent Kang Baek-ho. The amount cannot be disclosed, but KT talked about a multi-year contract, and the agent 'can think of a contract if it's this amount.'" KT said that the amount is too high and that it can even match the contract size of Lee (a player from another club who has previously signed a multi-year contract with a non-FA). Obviously, KT was right to offer a multi-year contract. This is a fact that Agent Kang Baek-ho also acknowledges.

Kang Baek-ho seems to have been angry when it was revealed that he refused to offer a multi-year contract even during this season. It is not true that KT made an offer during the season. However, it is problematic that KT did not even mention a multi-year contract at all and wrote as if it had lied. It is a content that will cause great misunderstanding. No matter how sad you left, you shouldn't make your former team a liar. You have to think about how big a wave your writing will be. It was right to say specifically that he had not been presented during the season.




You've never been offered a multi-year contract? Shocking Kang Baek-ho's shooting at KT, what is the truth
The KBO League KT Wiz and KIA Tigers match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. KT Kang Baek-ho is requesting time. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.29/
The same goes for the disclosure of the negotiation process. Kang Baek-ho may feel sorry for the club that has not actively rushed to him from the start of the FA. However, negotiations have a process, an order, and a lot of complicated parts are intertwined with complex team situations. Player, you will feel recognized when the club comes running with a bundle of money from the beginning and says 'Please stay', but the club management cannot be so romantic.

It is the individual player's freedom to have disappointing and disappointing personal feelings, but it feels like a disappointing choice as a professional player to leave a post with revelation as if KT had done nothing.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.