In the 2023 season, former pitcher Park Seok-min (38, NC Dinos), who fought for the 2023 season, had his annual salary cut by more than 90%.
NC announced on the 27th that it has completed annual salary contracts with 62 players, excluding rookies and free agents (FA).
Park Seok-min signed for 50 million won, a decrease of 650 million won (93%) from last year’s annual salary of 700 million won.
Park Seok-min, who signed a free agent contract for up to 3.4 billion won in January 2020 for 2+1 years, announced his intention to the club early, saying he wanted to continue his career as a player , even though the contract ended. at the end of last season and the possibility of retirement was discussed.
Park Seok-min returned from disciplinary action for violating quarantine rules in 2021, but showed a sluggish appearance last year with a batting average of 0.149 in 16 games.
First of all, NC coach Kang In-kwon announced that he would give Park Seok-min a chance to improve, and that he would appoint him as the starting third baseman for the 2023 season.
Bullpen Shim Chang-min, who was sluggish due to injury last year, also had his annual salary cut from 280 million won to 150 million.
The highest rate of increase was recorded by Gu Chang-mo, who signed a multi-year contract for ‘up to 7 years and earned 13.2 billion’ in December last year.
Gu Chang-mo receives 600 million won, up 410 million won (216%) from the previous year.
Right-hander Kim Si-hoon followed suit by signing a contract for 90 million won, an increase of 60 million won (200%).
Left-hander Kim Yeong-kyu signed for 140 million won, up 45 million won (47%) and became a billionaire.
In the field, Oh Young-soo (60 million won), who doubled his annual salary, had the highest rate of increase, while Kim Joo-won (90 million won) and Seo Ho-cheol (45 million won) have risen by 50% each. .
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