“Some say it’s bigger than $15 million.”
For the second year in a row, the NC Dinos are without an ace. Drew Ruchinski, the ace who anchored the NC mound for four years until last year and led them to a combined championship, has left for the major leagues. He signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Oakland Athletics. His major league career ended after one year due to a hamstring injury and back surgery.
It was unclear whether NC could immediately fill the void left by Luchinski, who pitched 732⅔ innings and won 53 games in four seasons. The question was easily answered. Eric Peddy, a major league starter until last year, filled Luchinski’s void. It wasn’t enough, it was more than enough. Pedi dominated the KBO.
He made the league his oyster with a monster record of 20-6 in 30 games with a 2.00 ERA (40 earned runs in 180 1/3 innings), 209 strikeouts, a 0.95 WHIP, and 21 quality starts. MVP honors were a given. The 20-win, 200-strikeout season was the first in 37 years since Sun Dong-yeol in 1986, and the “triple crown” of wins, strikeouts, and ERA was the first in 12 years. Seon, Ryu, Yoon, Seok-min, 카지노사이트넷 and Pedi are the only players to have achieved the Triple Crown.
When a foreign player dominates the KBO, the major leagues naturally take notice.
Pedi naturally became a target for major league clubs. The US free agent market, where starting pitching is not as plentiful as it used to be, has made him even more of a target. Already at the start of the offseason, Peddy was considered a favorite to sign a major league deal. It was predicted that a $10 million contract was possible.
And he did sign with a major league team. On June 6 (KST), ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Peddie signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Chicago White Sox. The news, which came from a major league source, ultimately meant that NC and Pedi parted ways.
NC did its best to keep Pedi. We offered him a multi-year contract. NC made the best offer it could. At the KBO Awards ceremony last month, Pedi said, “I want to say that we are brothers until the end. I am grateful to manager Kang Myung-ho, coaches, and staff.” “I also want to give this honor to the city of Changwon. Many citizens helped me. No matter where I go in the future, Changwon will always be my second home. I want to tell my teammates, who are my brothers, that I am very grateful and love them.”
Regarding his negotiations with NC,
He said, “I will talk to NC first and then talk to other teams. Whatever choice I make, my family will come first. Of course, we have to talk to NC. I think NC is a very good team among many teams.” But business was business. Reality was inevitably cold, and there was nothing NC could do about an offer of nearly 20 billion won. “I haven’t heard from the White Sox yet because they haven’t made it official,” said NC president Lim Sun-nam at the Korean Baseball Organization’s Retired Player’s Day event on July 7, “but it was actually expected. But still, when you hear that a contract has been signed, you can’t help but feel good.”
When asked about the size of the contract in the U.S., he laughed, saying, “Actually, if it’s that much money, not only Korean teams but also Japanese clubs can’t do it.”
“There is also talk that $15 million is only the guaranteed amount. If you add incentives, it could be even bigger,” he said.
Son, who had been with the team for a year, said that the news of the major league contract was “obviously disappointing and a big blow for the team,” but “it was a great memory for me to play as a teammate with such a great player. I think it’s an opportunity to announce the NC, so it’s definitely something to celebrate and an honor, and I think I had an advantage in becoming the batting champion because I didn’t play against Pedi.” He expressed his regret.
Now that parting ways with MVP Pedi is a reality, NC will need to find a replacement.
The plan is to replace another foreign pitcher, Tanner Tully, and a foreign hitter, Jason Martin. 스포츠토토사이트 With Pedi’s departure to the major leagues, the team will have to reorganize its three foreign players.
“We need to find the best players, but it’s unrealistic to replace an MVP with an MVP-level player,” Lim said. In the past, we had a player named Scruggs to replace Temes. He did a good job, but he wasn’t an MVP.” “I think it’s unreasonable to expect to replace an MVP player, and we’ll try to get the best player possible. We’re going to try to get the best players on the market.”