"The list may change." Hodu left the camp open...'Last 2 Uncontracted' Lee Yong-chan and Kim Sung-wook Will Return to NC
"The list may change." Hodu left the camp open...'Last 2 Uncontracted' Lee Yong-chan and Kim Sung-wook Will Return to NC
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The NC Dinos confirmed its spring camp roster early on. However, there is still room for players who have not signed a free agent yet.
NC will host spring camps leading to Tucson, Arizona and Tainan, Taiwan. A total of 38 players will participate.먹튀검증
He will start training in Changwon from Feb. 25 before departing for Tucson, Arizona on Feb. 30. After training in Tucson until Feb. 18, he will return to Korea on Feb. 21 and immediately move to Tainan, Taiwan, for the second camp. The second camp will have a total of seven warm-up matches with Taiwanese professional baseball teams, including the Taiwan TSG Hawks, the Fubang Guardians, the Uni Lions, the CTBC Brothers, the Rakuten Monkeys, and the Weiquan Dragons.
It is a small spring camp with 38 players. Some players have been excluded for selection, concentration, and development. The number of players will change in the second Taiwan camp, which will be mainly held in actual games, but the first Arizona camp has excluded first-team players such as Chun Jae-hwan and Choi Jeong-won.
The camp list was decided early, but there is room for the camp list to be changed. It is because of the players who have not signed a contract with FA. Seo Geon-chang remained with KIA for a total of 500 million won per year on the 9th, and Ha Joo-seok also signed a contract with Hanwha for a maximum of 110 million won per year on the 10th. Now there are three uncontracted FA left, and two of them are NC. Closer Lee Yong-chan and outfielder Kim Sung-wook still have not reached an agreement with NC and have not received much attention in the market. The other is pitcher Moon Sung-hyun, who came out on the market from Kiwoom.
Coach Lee Ho-joon emphasized the need for two players. In an interview with reporters at the New Year's party on the 3rd, coach Lee Ho-joon said, "The player is necessary. I heard that the club continues to do its best. Now we have to wait," adding, "The players will also need time to think." I don't think it's a contract because it's not the condition I want. The club is also working hard, so I think good news will come soon."
"The roster may change depending on whether Lee Yong-chan and Kim Sung-wook are signed or not," he said. Manager Lee Ho-joon made it clear that they are veteran players needed for the team. If Lee stays, he can be of help as a starter, bullpen, and anywhere. Manager Lee Ho-joon has a plan to use Lee as a starting pitcher if Lee remains. Kim Sung-wook is also considered to be a player who will be of sufficient help to the outfield depth and instill competitiveness.
Lee Yong-chan earned his second FA qualification. However, it is not easy to sign a second FA contract after the first one. When he became an FA at the end of the 2020 season, Lee Yong-chan, who was rehabilitating from elbow ligament surgery, was in an uncontracted state even after the opening of the 2021 season. Eventually, he signed a contract for a maximum of 2.7 billion won for 3+1 years at the end of May 2021. Since then, he has posted an ERA of 3.72 with 11 wins, 19 losses, 83 saves and 5 holds in 215 games in four seasons at NC. He served as the oldest member of the NC pitching staff for four years.
However, the team was mired in the worst slump last year. During the previous three seasons, Lee firmly secured the back door for NC. However, he only posted an ERA of 6.13 with three wins, nine losses and 16 saves in 57 games this year. Until the first half, he displayed compliance with his ERA of 3 wins, five losses and 14 saves and two holds, but the situation collapsed in the second half. He had four losses and two saves and an ERA of 14.67 in 18 games. Due to sluggish performance in the market, Lee received harsh treatment from the FA market. If he moves to the batter's team as a Class B FA, he has to yield compensation players other than 25 players.
Kim Sung-wook, who was nominated in the third round of the rookie draft in 2012, is a founding member of NC. When he joined the team, he expected that he would become the future of NC along with Na Sung-bum and Park Min-woo, and was one of the members of "Masan Idol." However, he did not grow as much as he expected. He has many tools such as strong shoulders, wide range of defense, and long hit power, but he failed to display them properly. He had a batting average of 204%, 17 homers, 60 RBIs and OPS.671 in 129 games last year. He had the most home runs among center field players, but failed to attract much attention. He has no restrictions on compensation players as he is rated C, but he also failed to reach a contract with the batting team.
NC has already made proposals to Lee Yong-chan and Kim Sung-wook. Even if the NC Dinosaurs have yet to reach an agreement, the NC Dinosaurs will unlikely make an upward proposal. Will Lee and Kim Sung-wook be able to sign contracts before the spring camp to make their names on the camp list.