What will happen to Choi Won-tae's fate, who seemed to be able to embrace a big contract until the free agent market opened.

Choi Won-tae, who took the professional stage after receiving the first nomination from the Nexen Heroes (current Kiwoom) in the 2015 Rookie Draft, first took the first team stage in 2016. Choi Won-tae, who experienced 2 wins, 3 losses and a 7.23 ERA in 17 games in his first season of his debut, settled in the starting rotation the following year and began to stand out with 11 wins, 7 losses and a 4.66 ERA, and went on a winning streak by building double-digit wins for three consecutive years.토토사이트

In particular, Choi Won-tae enhanced his value by recording 6 wins, 4 losses and an ERA of 3.05 in the first half of last year alone, and transferred to the LG Twins, who were aiming for the "presidential election" through a trade. At that time, LG embraced Choi Won-tae by giving up the eighth overall pick in the first round of this year's rookie draft with "special prospect" Lee Ju-hyung. After the trade, LG achieved its goal of "integrated championship" but it was regrettable to see Choi change his uniform.

Choi won three games and lost three games with an ERA of 6.70 in nine games for LG last year. Since then, he has not been bad with nine wins and seven losses and an ERA of 4.26 during this year's regular season, acquiring the FA qualification. His poor performance in short-term games was evident ahead of the FA, but his record of 78 wins and 58 losses and an ERA of 4.36 in 217 appearances over a total of eight seasons was certainly attractive. Moreover, the title of "youngest FA pitcher ever" that has not even reached his heyday was enough to boost Choi's value.

In particular, Choi Won-tae's ransom and popularity were expected to rise naturally as Um Sang-baek, who was called the "biggest fish" along with Choi Won-tae among the starting pitchers who qualified for the FA on the 8th, joined hands with the Hanwha Eagles through a four-year, large-scale contract of up to 7.8 billion won (3.4 billion won in down payment, 3.25 billion won in total annual salary, and 1.15 billion won in option). However, no news of Choi Won-tae's contract has been heard yet. He is the only one among the big players who has yet to find a destination.

Currently, the market situation is not very satisfactory from Choi Won-tae's point of view. In the case of Hanwha, they used all the slots of two external FA while holding Um Sang-baek in their arms following Shim Woo-joon. This is why clubs are gradually becoming passive, with Lotte Giants also announcing their withdrawal from the FA market, with Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min catching "House Rabbit," and Doosan Bears focusing on internal development rather than strengthening their power through the FA market.

LG also does not have enough money in their wallets. LG reinforced the bullpen by signing a four-year "full guarantee" contract worth 5.2 billion won (1.6 billion won down payment and 3.6 billion won annually) with Jang Hyun-sik on the 11th, because there is not much LG can use when considering the "salary cap." LG has already paid 50% of the excess while exceeding the salary cap once. In this situation, LG is in a position not to exceed the salary cap limit again. Of course, this does not mean that LG is not interested in Choi Won-tae.

First of all, LG says there is a way for the salary cap. However, it is unlikely that Choi Won-tae will sign a contract of the scale he wants by staying. And Choi Won-tae had a meeting with LG on the 12th, but no specific conversation took place.

After a storm, the FA market has been calming down a little bit. And no club seems to be very active in recruiting Choi. While it is true that Choi is an attractive card, his A-grade status is a clear stumbling block. As time passes, much attention is paid to his future.