[Anchor]
KIA, the champion of professional baseball, who is aiming for the championship for the second consecutive year, had Cho Sang-woo, a "special finish."
Kiwoom, who gave up its flagship pitcher, chose the future and practicality despite the glare of "player sales."
This is reporter Cho Eun-ji.
[Reporter]
KIA, which shot a congratulatory gun for the first time in 37 years in the tiger cave in Gwangju, cracked the reconstruction of the dynasty as bullpen Jang Hyun-sik left for LG.
As a card to fill this mound gap, Kiwoom Cho Sang-woo, a former national team member, was "surprisingly recruited."
It is a condition that Kiwoom will be given up to 1 billion won in cash on the first and fourth round of next year's rookie draft.
Cho Sang-woo is the league's top bullpen pitcher with a 150km/h fastball, and he performed well with a 3.18 ERA with six saves and nine holds in 44 games before ending the season due to injury this year.
KIA will be able to pursue its dream of winning the championship for the second consecutive year by holding ace nails, Adam Oler from the Major League, and Cho Sang-woo in the "one-two punch."
[Lee Seok-beom / KIA PR Team Leader: If Cho Sang-woo is healthy, I think he can show as much performance as Jang Hyun-sik. [There's something you have to keep to the top, so you can think of it as being more aggressive this time]
On the other hand, Kiwoom, who ranked last for two consecutive years, chose "collection of promising stocks," which is its specialty, and focused on the future.
As Cho Sang-woo becomes an FA after the end of next season, he judged that it would be beneficial to secure the right to nominate and money in advance.
Kiwoom spent 5.6 billion won, less than half of LG's, this year from the combined amount of 40 high-paid employees by each club.
It shows the direction of a 'selling club' where less investment is made and star players sell regularly.
It means that ace Ahn Woo-jin will play a game in the year after his return, and the profit and loss calculation of the two clubs may vary depending on how 30-year-old Cho Sang-woo will perform at KIA next year.
I'm Jo Eun Ji of YTN.
Video editing: Kim Hee-jung
Design: Lee Na-eun
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