The LG Twins should be applauded for their decision.
It was a courageous decision.
In the past, the Samsung Lions sent Oh Seung-hwan and the Doosan Bears sent Kim Hyun-soo to Japan and the United States, respectively.
They were championship contenders and on the verge of building or establishing dynasties, and it made both sense and practical sense.
They won another championship without Oh and Kim.
And they filled the void.
Go signed a 2+1 year, $7.5 million max contract with the San Diego Padres.
Two years of $4 million guaranteed.
LG’s share of the posting fee is $900,000.
Initially, LG was not going to allow Goh to sign unless the contract was large.
If LG hadn’t agreed, Ko would not have been able to move to San Diego.
Go Woo-seok’s contract wasn’t cheap, nor was it a huge deal.
It was a bit of a gray area, but for the sake of the greater good, LG decided to send him to the major leagues.
This choice weakened the team’s power, but it also gave LG the reputation of being a big club that cares about the player’s future.
In the past, Samsung sent Oh Seung-hwan to the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball after the 2013 season.
At the time, Hanshin took him for two years and 900 million yen.
Seung-hwan Oh was not a free agent, so Samsung made him a voluntary resignation and allowed him to move to Hanshin.
