20-year Doosan man Kim Jae-ho, salary negotiations are difficult.
alary negotiations between professional baseball’s Doosan Bears and veteran shortstop Kim Jae-ho (39) are sluggish. With the final warm-up, training camp, beginning, the longer an agreement is delayed, the more likely it is that Doosan’s infield defense will be shaken in the new season.
According to Doosan on the 7th, they are unable to reach an agreement on this season’s salary with infielder Kim Jae-ho. Kim Jae-ho, who qualified as a free agent (FA) ahead of the 2021 season and remained with the team for three years on 2.5 billion won, was listed as a candidate for salary negotiation as his contract period expired last year. After completing negotiations, Kim Jae-ho is expected to join Japan’s Miyakojima Futures League (2nd team) training camp. A Doosan official said, “We plan to set up the negotiation table again this week. “There is a difference in the amount presented by both sides, so we are in the process of narrowing it down,” he said.
Kim Jae-ho, who was called a ‘genius shortstop’ during his prime, is a ‘one-club man’ who has only played for Doosan since his professional debut in 2004. When Kim Jae-ho struggled with a batting average of 0.167 in the first 10 games last season, Doosan sent him down to the second team and hired young players such as Yu-chan Lee (26) and Jae-seok Ahn (22). However, the substitutes showed unstable performance and Kim Jae-ho was called back. Kim Jae-ho signaled a revival in June last year with a batting average of 0.325 in 17 games. In August, when he was the default number 2 hitter, he was selected as a candidate for Player of the Month with a batting average of 0.435. His batting skills slowed down in the second half of the season, but he showed off his veteran skills with 2 hits and 3 runs in 4 at-bats in the wild card game against NC Dinos.
Park Jun-young (27) is considered an alternative. Ahead of last season, Park Jun-young moved from NC as a free agent compensation player for catcher Park Se-hyuk. He has been attracting attention since July of last year for his excellent defense and slugging ability, but was unable to maintain his batting ability and finished the season with 29 hits and 4 home runs in 51 games and a batting average of 0.228. He must grow rapidly to replace Jae-ho Kim, who had a batting average of 0.283 in 91 games.
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