Kim Hye-sung still hasn't signed a contract... 24 hours to go. Local is also interested in "Three-year $28 million expected, difficult to predict."
Kim Hye-sung still hasn't signed a contract... 24 hours to go. Local is also interested in "Three-year $28 million expected, difficult to predict."
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Negotiations between Kim Hye-sung (26, Kiwoom), who challenged the Major League through the posting system (closed competitive bidding), have finally started counting. There are less than 24 hours left until the deadline for posting, but the contract is still not made due to rumors. With the "final match" predicted, chances are high that the contract will go to the last day. Not only the Major League team that negotiated with Kim Hye-sung but also the original team Kiwoom are losing their blood.스포츠토토
Kim Hye-sung, who declared his bid for the Major League before the 2024 season and got permission from his original team, Kiwoom, posted the posting on December 5 by the Major League Secretariat in Korean time. Kim Hye-sung can negotiate with all 30 Major League teams for 30 days according to the agreement, and has actually watched the situation by negotiating with various teams for 30 days. The deadline for Kim's posting is 7 a.m. on January 4 (Korea Standard Time). However, even with 24 hours left, no news has been heard about the contract yet.
After announcing her bid for the Major League, she signed a contract with CAA, a major agency that represents the major leagues and industries. CAA is also a major agency that also serves as a proxy for major league stars including Shohei Ohtani (31) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The very fact that CAA signed Kim meant that the mood was not bad for her to go to the Major League. It is true that major league teams have watched Kim for a long time, and in the 2024 season after announcing her bid for the Major League, many Major League scouts visited Gocheok Sky Dome and wrote Kim's final scouting report.
Although a contract has yet to be made, the deal is far from the worst-case scenario such as "non-bidding." A CAA official declined to comment on the specific negotiation process but said, "We are negotiating with multiple teams," hinting that the negotiations are nearing the end. At least, the CAA official said, "We are negotiating with multiple teams," indicating that the negotiations are nearing the end. At least, Kim is not without a single card in hand. While watching the negotiations at the end of November, Kim Hye-sung, who left the country for training without a contract, recently returned to Korea, sparking controversy over "crisis," which was only due to Kim's status as an exemption from military service, but the negotiations have not ended in itself.
Kim is known to have negotiated with at least five clubs, and is believed to be considering the team that meets the best conditions until the very end. Kim expressed that the contract period is the most important. He is a veteran player in the KBO league, but he has never played in a single game in the U.S., let alone in the Major League. Naturally, he needs time to adapt himself to the environment and life abroad with Major League pitchers. For this reason, there may be a roadmap to win at least three years of contract period to start major league challenges under stable conditions, and to seek large contracts in the next FA based on his performance.
To this end, conditions for stable participation in the game are important, and a team that is relatively easy to adapt to life is advantageous. It is not a situation where money can decide everything. However, it has been confirmed that multiple clubs have proposed a multi-year contract to Kim Hye-sung, and industry officials speculate that Kim Hye-sung can choose and go. They say that the terms of the contract are not as much as they thought, but they are not in a situation where they will make a U-turn empty-handed.
Kim has a fixed deadline for posting, and if she fails to sign a contract without finalizing the deal by 7 a.m. on Jan. 4, she cannot proceed with further negotiations. Only after the end of the 2025 season can she try to advance to the Major League again. For this reason, her original team, Kiwoom, is also nervous. Kim will be eligible for the FA after the 2025 season. Kiwoom, which has weak funding capacity compared to other teams in reality, will inevitably have various concerns if Kim returns. Some predict that Kim may be put on the trade market. With chances high Kim will leave the team anyway, such as a free agent or a re-challenge to the Major League, it would be better to trade Kim and receive a rookie nomination or other compensation. As such, negotiations between Kim and Kim are considered an important issue that can shake the landscape of the KBO League.
Local governments are also showing extraordinary interest ahead of Kim Hye-sung's posting deadline. Kim Hye-sung was relatively quiet until the beginning of the posting because it was not well outlined, but as the deadline approaches, teams linked to Kim Hye-sung have been revealed, and the debate over Kim Hye-sung is heating up around these teams. While the Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, and Seattle Mariners have been specifically mentioned, they need infielders, but they have something in common that they cannot spend much money on this position. San Diego is a representative team close to the KBO League, and Seattle is also the team that visited Kim Hye-sung the most last year. In fact, teams on the west coast are saying in common that they are most active in Kim Hye-sung.