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Lotte Giants will leave the spring camp after completing the renewal of their salary.
Lotte said on the 22nd, "We have completed annual salary contracts with 73 people eligible for renewal in the 2026 season."
This year's highest annual salary increase rate is 125% for Chung Hyun-soo and Kim Kang-hyun, who received 40 million won to 90 million won, respectively. He was recognized for his dedication to supporting Lotte's bullpen last year. After graduating from Busan National University, Busan National Middle School, Busan National High School, and Songwon National University, Chung Hyun-soo appeared in the TV entertainment fireworks baseball game and drew attention. He joined Lotte in the 13th place in the second round of the 2024 KBO Rookie Draft. Last year, in his second year, he recorded a 3.97 ERA with two wins and no losses in 12 ⅔ and 47 strikeouts in 47 ⅔ innings in 82 games, the most in 82 games among all KBO bullpen pitchers.
Kim Kang-hyun, who turned from a batter to a pitcher, also played his first full-time season last year, marking 67 games with 2 wins, 2 losses, 4 holds, an ERA of 4.00, and 36 strikeouts in 72 innings. He contributed to the competition in the rankings by playing the role of an all-weather yardstick with the third-place record in the game in the Lotte bullpen. The beast increase rate is 84.2 percent of Hansae, up 70 million won from 38 million won.
Jeon Min-jae, who came from Doosan Bears to Lotte in a trade last year, hit his first billion-dollar salary in eight years since his debut. Jeon Min-jae joined Doosan in the 40th place in the 4th round of the 2nd round of the 2018 KBO Rookie Draft. He was traded ahead of the 2025 season and started as an infield backup and became a main player. It was one of the few Lotte hit products last year with a batting average of 0.287 (95 hits in 331 at-bats), five homers, 34 RBIs, 39 runs and three steals, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.715.
In addition, Lee Min-seok, who showed good performance, will receive 80 million won, and Na Kyun-an and Jung Cheol-won will receive 180 million won, which is up 50 percent, respectively. On the other hand, Son Ho-young, Na Seung-yeop, Yoon Dong-hee, and Hwang Sung-bin, who left disappointing results despite being the mainstay, completed the contract for a slightly reduced amount.
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