45 wins submarine left for Hanwha for 7.8 billion...Best friend's encouragement to trade left-handers, "Let's do well together."

45 wins submarine left for Hanwha for 7.8 billion...Best friend's encouragement to trade left-handers, "Let's do well together."

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KT Wiz has lost its starting rotation position as Um Sang-baek, a 45-win submarine, has left for the Hanwha Eagles. However, there is no need to worry. Oh Won-seok from SSG Landers is expected to lead the starting baseball team for the 2025 season along with his best friend So Hyung-joon.먹튀검증

KT Wiz of professional baseball made a one-on-one trade on the 31st of last month, sending right-hander Kim Min to SSG Landers and recruiting left-hander Oh Won-seok. While SSG, which wanted Kim Min, first proposed the trade, KT pointed to Oh Won-seok as a counter benefit, and the exchange between the prospective candidates for the first nomination took place.

Oh Won-seok is evaluated as a proven left-hander starting resource. After leaving Yatap High School, he was named the first SK Wyverns (currently SSG) in 2020, and played 110 innings in the 2021 season, 144 ⅔ in the 2022 season, 144 innings in the 2023 season, and 121 ⅔ in the 2024 season. He has ample experience in starting games, as 98 out of 129 games in the first division were starts. His ball control is considered a weak point, but he is still growing.

A KT official told OSEN at the time, "Oh Won-seok is a pitcher who has outstanding pitching capability at that age. He has been receiving starting lessons step by step, and the fact that he played 140 innings or more indicates that he played a role as a starter in the team. Oh is still making progress."

However, as of the time of the trade, KT was able to build a strong five starters, consisting of Ko Young-pyo, Um Sang-baek, and So Hyung-joon, on two foreign pitchers next season if "internal FA" Um Sang-baek remained. However, some analysts said that he might have prepared for a situation where Um Sang-baek left the team by recruiting additional starting resources.

"The recruitment of Oh Won-seok is separate from Eom Sang-baek. We are preparing to keep Eom Sang-baek alive," a KT official said. "The more resources we have, the better. As the coach will decide, isn't it okay to run the sixth starter? In the case of Cho, there will be an inning limit for next season (due to the aftermath of elbow surgery)."

However, concerns eventually became a reality. Um Sang-baek signed an FA contract with Hanwha for a total of 7.8 billion won (3.4 billion won in down payment, 3.25 billion won in annual salary, and 1.15 billion won in option) on the 8th. KT also expressed its will to crack down on the house rabbit by offering fairly good conditions, but there was no way to overcome the money game with Hanwha, which called for a leap forward in the era of a new stadium next year.

Um Sang-baek said, "I'm sorry and grateful. I felt really bad about leaving KT this morning. Even though I made a good contract, I couldn't enjoy it as much as I did, and it was not a sad feeling, but a strange feeling. I think I was able to come here thanks to all the support and support of the KT team that I have raised so far," and left Suwon with a friendly message.

With Um Sang-baek's transfer becoming a reality, Oh Won-seok, a "trade transfer student," has become burdened. Rather than being a rookie left-hander who supports Ko Young-pyo, Um Sang-baek, and So Hyung-joon, Oh will have to fill the void left by Um Sang-baek, who has 45 wins this year, including 13 wins. Considering the limited number of innings, he is expected to be given more innings from the first year of his transfer.

Fortunately, adjusting to a bird nest seems to have no problem. KT has Oh Won-seok's best friend So Hyung-joon who was the same age in 2001. The two players dreamed of becoming professionals by playing baseball together in the field as amateurs, and Oh Won-seok received SK and So Hyung-joon received KT's first nomination in the rookie draft in 2020.

Cho, who is preparing for the 2024 WBSC Premier 12 in Taiwan, welcomed his best friend. "I talked to (Oh) Won-seok on the phone as soon as I saw the news of the trade," Cho said at the Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. "I told him that we should do well as a starting pitcher next year," revealing his expectations for the 2025 season with his best friend.