Lim Chan-gyu (31) is the only starting pitcher in the FA market. He has 14 wins this season, ranking third with most wins. He is the third with most wins after Pedi (20 wins) and Benjamin (15 wins). He is the most winning pitcher among Korean pitchers.

Lim Chan-gyu is a re-entry to the FA. Lim, who had been sluggish with 6 wins, 11 losses and an ERA of 5.04 in 23 games last year, did not apply for FA rights and chose to try again.

This season, Lim had a career-high season. He prepared for this season as a long-release player at the spring camp. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is a native starter and is comprised of young players Kim Yoon-sik, Lee Min-ho, and Kang Hyo-jong. 에볼루션 바카라사이트

However, Kim Yun-sik, Lee Min-ho, and Kang Hyo-jong, who started 3 to 5 after the opening, failed to do their part due to sluggishness and injury. Lim Chan-kyu, who has extensive experience in starting until last year, was put into the starting rotation.

Lim has been a starting pitcher since mid-April, and posted 14 wins, three losses and one hold with an ERA of 3.42 in 30 games (26 starts). He had the most wins in his career and re-entered as an FA. He contributed to LG’s winning the Korean Series title for the first time in 29 years, and applied for FA rights at the end of the season.

However, other teams have little interest in Lim, except for his original team LG. Lim is the only starting pitcher among FA players. Although there is Jang Min-jae, an FA pitcher, he played as a starter until early June before moving to the second division, and later pitched as a relief pitcher from September. Jang is rated C and does not need compensation players.

However, Lim is not a special A-list starting pitcher. He has won 11 games (ERA 5.77 times) in 2018 and 10 games (4.08 times) in 2020, and has won more than 10 games this year. He had one win and eight losses with an ERA of 3.87 in 2021, and six wins and 11 losses in 2022 with an ERA of 5.04. The average number of wins over the past four years has been around eight. This means that other teams are not actively participating in the recruitment race.

Kiwoom, which will weaken its power due to Ahn Woo-jin’s enlistment in the military and Lee Jung-hoo’s ML posting, is indifferent to recruiting FA. KIA, SSG and KT are not in a hurry to start pitchers. NC, which has no player in the team to apply for FA, is not interested in the FA market

Even if other teams try to beef up their starting pitchers, it is not easy to spend big money due to the salary cap system. Lotte signed a four-year contract (maximum 4.7 billion won) with Jeon in the FA market. Lotte failed to catch Ahn Chi-hong, but spent a lot of money last winter by recruiting Yoo Kang-nam (four years 8 billion won), Noh Jin-hyuk (four years 5 billion won), and Han Hyun-hee (three years plus one year 4 billion won). If Lotte wants to catch Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min who will become FA after next season, it cannot afford to play salary cap.

Doosan signed Yang Seok-hwan as an FA for up to W7.8 billion for 4+2 years. Last winter, Doosan recruited Yang Eui-ji for W15.2 billion for 4+2 years, and signed Kim Jae-hwan as an FA for four years and W11.5 billion prior to the 2022 season. Doosan, which signed Yang Seok-hwan, should also catch FA pitcher Hong Geon-hee.

Hanwha and Samsung, which recruited foreign FA players, are in the same situation. Hanwha recruited Ahn Chi-hong for up to 7.2 billion won for 4+2 years. Samsung recruited Kim Jae-yoon for up to 5.8 billion won for four years to reinforce its bullpen.

“I plan to sign contracts with all of Lim Chan-kyu, Ham Deok-ju and Kim Min-sung,” LG’s general manager Cha Myung-seok said. Negotiations with FA players have been delayed due to the group’s reporting in late November and participation in various award ceremonies in early December.