8kg increase → 'On the exit machine' great performance → Even the Taegeuk mark, Lotte's 'genius hitter' is about to enter the annual salary of 100 million won
8kg increase → 'On the exit machine' great performance → Even the Taegeuk mark, Lotte's 'genius hitter' is about to enter the annual salary of 100 million won
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Na Seung-yeop (22) of the Lotte Giants, who once aimed to advance to the Major League, has finally made his mark in the first division. Will he be able to garner an annual salary of 100 million won this year.토토사이트
In 121 games for the first team, Na had a batting average of 0.312 (127 hits in 407 times at bat), seven homers, 66 RBIs and 59 runs, and an on-base percentage of 0.411, a slugging percentage of 0.469 and an OPS of 0.880. For the first time, he posted a batting average of 300 by completing the required number of times at bat, and ranked sixth overall in terms of on-base percentage.
After gaining eight kilograms after being discharged from the military at the end of last year, Na took the opening main first baseman position. Although he moved down to the second tier team at the end of March, he has shown steady performance after a month of adjustment. He has shown steady performance with a monthly batting average of over 300, except for August (0.257).
Sajik Baseball Stadium, his home ground, hit only seven homers due to the high fence, but he garnered 35 doubles, demonstrating the effect of bulk up. He has also displayed outstanding batting performance since June, with more walks (57) than strikeouts (54). This is the secret of his outstanding batting productivity despite the small number of homers.
As a result, Na was selected as a substitute in the seventh inning of the first team of the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12. He displayed stellar performance and solo home run performance as a substitute in the seventh inning of the first Group B qualifying match against Taiwan. Amid his stellar performance, he was also nominated as a Golden Glove candidate.
Na Seung-yeop's performance this year has met expectations. After graduating from Sunrin Middle School and Deoksu High School, he was selected by Lotte as the 11th overall pick in the second round of the 2021 KBO Rookie Draft. Lotte made a bold decision to select him, who had initially been excluded from the first round of the draft by declaring his challenge to the Major League. After hitting .204 (23 hits in 113 times at bat) and hitting two home runs in the 2021 season, his first year in the first division, he joined the Sangmu Baseball Team the following year.
Na displayed his talents at Sangmu. In 2022, he showed an increase in slugging power with a batting average of 0.300 (86 hits in 287) and seven homers and 64 RBIs with an OPS of 0.903 in 82 games, and he also hit 0.312 (92 hits in 295 times at bat) last year. In an interview after being discharged from the military, Na said, "I felt relaxed as I played games every day, and I thought a lot about how I would play."
Having proven his talent in the first division, Na has become a future core resource of Lotte. In this season, second baseman Ko Seung-min (24) and center fielder Yoon Dong-hee (21) have grown, while players in their late 20s and early 30s such as Hwang Sung-bin (27) and Son Ho-young (30) have also broken eggs. In this environment, Na has never been second to none.
Now, the key is Na's salary for the 2025 season. Although he joined the team with a down payment of 500 million won (approx. Since he did not appear in the first team often until last year, his annual salary was only 40 million won (approx. However, he has shown good batting ability this year, and only a sharp increase is left.
Players whose annual salary increased last year set a good precedent. Kim Min-seok (currently Doosan Bears), who recorded 100 hits with a high school diploma in the 2023 season, saw an 183.3 percent increase from 30 million won (27,930 U.S. dollars) to 85 million won (87,100 dollars), while Yoon Dong-hee, who sat as the mainstay of the first team during the season, saw a 172.7 percent increase from 33 million won (33,070 dollars) to 90 million won (93,200 dollars).
If Na Seung-yeop receives 100 million won, he will receive 150 percent increase, and if he receives 180 percent increase, he will receive 112 million won. Considering previous players' cases, there is a possibility that he will be paid 100 million won.