4.8 billion Choi Won-joon is here!NC, infielder Yoon Joon-hyuk, a highly utilized player in the ball, Wednesday, and week.
Dec 03, 2025
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NC appointed infielder Yoon Joon-hyuk (24) as a compensation player for FA outfielder Choi Won-joon on the 3rd.
KT signed an FA contract with Choi Won-joon on the 25th of last month for a four-year total of 4.8 billion won (2.2 billion won in down payment, 2 billion won in annual salary, 600 million won in incentives).
As Choi Won-joon, whose FA grade was A, transferred, the original NC team had to pay 200% of the previous year's salary or 300% of Choi Won-joon's previous year's salary with one other than 20 protected players.
As Choi Won-joon left, there was a gap in the outfielder, so there were many eyes on the outfielder's nomination or pitcher's nomination. However, NC chose to strengthen its infielders.
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Yoon Joon-hyuk, who served in the military without making his first-team debut after joining the team, began to stand out last year.
After being called up to the first team entry for the first time in 2024, he played in 13 games and recorded a batting average of 176. In the Futures League, he raised expectations with a batting average of 345, six home runs and 19 steals (OPS) of 0.929 in 63 games.
Based on his performance last year, he prepared for the first team in earnest this year. In particular, in order to strengthen defense, he conducted strong training with 'Special Group' at the Australian camp. In addition to the third base, which was his main position, he even practiced first base and shortstop.
He increased his playing time a little more in the first team, but it was not enough to settle down with FA Huh Kyung-min. This year, he played in 28 games and posted a batting average of 59%. Although he did not settle down for sure in the first team, he also proved his growth by playing 62 games in the Futures League with a batting average of 318 and a five-homer OPS (long hit + on-base percentage) of 0.859.
Lim Sun-nam, head of the NC Dinos, said "Yoon Jun-hyuk has excellent contact skills with Seon-an and excellent batting speed, so he has the quality to grow into a good hitter." The main position is third baseman, but he has been steadily used as a shortstop since the 2024 season after being discharged from the military, and has recently shown sufficient potential as an outfielder. I expect that he will contribute to the team's strength as a highly utilized player in the whole ball, Wednesday, and week."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
