Will professional baseball SSG Landers pitcher Park Jong-hoon have a first-team opportunity.
Park Jong-hoon has been in the second division for more than two months. In this year’s first division, he was registered for only 38 days. While in the second division, his annual salary was reduced by more than 200 million won.
Park Jong-hoon took the mound as a relief pitcher in the Futures League’s NC 2nd division at Ganghwa SSG Futures Field on the 28th and became a losing pitcher with four hits, two walks, two strikeouts and three runs in two innings (40 pitches).
Park Jong-hoon grounded out leadoff hitter Kim Han-byeol at the first pitch of the fourth inning when his team was losing 0-1. Han Jae-hwan was hit to the left by Shin Yong-seok after two outs, but ended the inning by blocking Song from stealing second base at bat.
However, he allowed a run in the fifth inning when SSG came from behind to lose 3-1. He got Song on base with a heavy hit. When Ko Seung-wan grounded out to first base, the runner on first base was out at second base. He allowed a stolen base with one out and runners on first base, but struck out Park.
He allowed Park In-woo to walk with two outs and a runner on the second base, and Seo allowed one run due to a timely hit to the right-handed side. He then allowed Kim Bum-joon to walk to lead the bases loaded with two outs, and allowed Kim Han-byeol to come from behind to make a timely hit to the right with two RBIs. He struck out Han Jae-hwan to end the inning.
Park Jong-hoon took the mound as a starting pitcher in a game against the Goyang Heroes on the 24th and recorded one hit, one walk, three strikeouts, and one run in five innings (95 pitches). He threw 95 pitches, but he took only three days off and pitched 40 pitches as a relief pitcher. It is an interval between pitches that can strain the body. The reason why he pushed ahead with the starting-3-day rest and bullpen in the second division is also a mystery.
This is the second time that Park Jong-hoon has taken the mound as a bullpen pitcher in the Futures League. He pitched as a relief pitcher in a game against Doosan’s second division on the 8th, and the pitching was bad with two hits, one walk, and two runs in one ⅔ inning.
Park Jong-hoon’s last appearance in the first division was against Hanwha on June 16. At that time, he became the losing pitcher with four hits, three outs and three runs during two ⅔ innings, and was immediately excluded from the first division entry the next day.
Park Jong-hoon has been playing in the second division for 120 days this season. Since he is in the second division due to deteriorating performance, not injury, his salary will be cut. Players who earn more than 300 million won per year will be reduced by half of their annual salary in accordance with Article 73 of the KBO regulations if they go down to the second division. This is equivalent to the amount obtained by multiplying one-hundredth of one’s annual salary by the number of days that are not registered in the first division.
At the end of the 2021 season, Park Jong-hoon signed a five-year, 6.5 billion won non-FA multi-year contract with SSG. This year’s annual salary is 1.1 billion won. It is about 3.67 million won per day. If you are in the second division, about 1.84 million won, which is half, will be cut every day. If the SSG club does not compensate separately, Park Jong-hoon’s annual salary has been cut by 220 million won so far.
Park Jong-hoon, who underwent Tommy John surgery during the 2021 season, has been sluggish with 3 wins and 5 losses and a 6.00 ERA in 11 games in 2022, 2-6 losses and a 6.19 ERA in 18 games in 2023, and a 7.71 ERA in nine games this year. He has 7 wins and 3 losses and a 1.98 ERA in 14 games in the Futures League. 안전놀이터