Choi Jeong-jeong, free agent to sign mega contract...SSG “aims to finalize contract tomorrow”
Choi Jeong-jeong, free agent to sign mega contract...SSG “aims to finalize contract tomorrow”
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Choi Jung-jeong, the all-time home run leader in the Korean Professional Baseball Organization, is expected to sign a big contract in the free agency market.
Choi's club, SSG, said today (April 4), “We met with the player's side and spoke positively,” adding, “The player's side wants to proceed with a free agent contract, so we will announce it after the contract is signed the day after the free agency market opens.”
Choi has been negotiating with SSG since the end of September, but decided to wait until the day after the FA market opens to finalize the deal.
SSG has offered a contract worth “more than 10 billion won over four years,” and Choi and the team are working on “details” to narrow down their differences.
Initially, it was expected that Choi would sign a 'non-FA multi-year contract' 메이저사이트 before the FA market opened, but there was not enough time for negotiations, and Choi's side reportedly preferred to sign a contract after he became a free agent.
SSG, who wanted to sign Choi to a non-FA multi-year contract, also changed their goal to a '2025 FA No. 1 contract'.
The two sides are scheduled to meet tomorrow afternoon to continue negotiations.
The negotiations are going on in a positive atmosphere, and Choi is likely to be the first signing after the opening of the free agency market.
With the prospect of receiving more than 10 billion won in preferential treatment, Choi is also expected to make “new history for multi-year contracts.
Choi first became a free agent in 2015, signing a four-year, 8.6 billion won deal, and in 2019, he signed a six-year, 10.6 billion won deal.
If Choi signs a third free agent contract, he will likely set a new KBO record for the highest total value of a multi-year contract, surpassing the 27.7 billion won that Doosan catcher Yang Yang-ji earned in two free agent contracts (4 years, 12.5 billion won with NC in 2019 and 6 years, 15.2 billion won with Doosan in 2023).