Choi Won-joon will achieve the 'Career High' season beyond 2020 to achieve the 'FA jackpot' next year
Choi Won-joon will achieve the 'Career High' season beyond 2020 to achieve the 'FA jackpot' next year
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Will Choi Won-joon, who will be eligible for FA after the end of the 2025 season, achieve a career high and solidify his position as the biggest fish in the outfield.
Choi Won-joon wore the KIA uniform as the third overall pick in the second round of the first round at the 2016 rookie draft. He used to be an infielder when he was at Seoul High School, but changed his position to an outfielder after joining Kia. He once stood out for Kia's batters. Choi showed an outstanding performance with a batting average of 0.326 with two homers, 35 RBIs and an OPS of 0.808 in 123 games during the 2020 season. In the 2021 season, he showed the best performance among KIA batters with a batting average of 0.295 with four homers and 44 RBIs in 143 games.
After the end of the 2022 season, Choi joined Sangmu in December 2021 to resolve military issues. He returned to Kia after being discharged from the military in June last year, but suffered an unexpected slump. After returning to Kia in the 2023 season, Choi showed below-expected performance with a batting average of 0.255 with one homer, 23 RBIs and an OPS of 67 games.
Although he suffered a slump in the 2023 season, he succeeded in rebounding in the 2024 season. Choi Won-joon, who served as Kia's main center fielder, contributed to the team's win in the regular season by posting a batting average of 0.292, nine homers, 56 RBIs and an OPS of 0.791. In the Korean Series, he slowed down by only hitting a batting average of around 100 percent (0.125) but acquired his first career Korean Series championship ring as Kia defeated the Samsung Lions by four wins and one loss.
The 2025 season is an important year for Choi Won-joon. Unless otherwise specified, Choi will become a free agent after the 2025 season ends. If his skills improve to the next level in the 2025 season, he will become the biggest fish in the outfield in the FA market.
For Kia, Choi Won-jun is an important resource. KIA has relatively abundant infield resources but lacks outfield resources. Lee Chang-jin and Kim Ho-ryeong are among those, but none of them has the same offensive power as Choi.
스포츠토토 KIA is a player that Kia must capture in the FA market next year, but it could face competition from other teams that need to strengthen its outfield. The representative team is the Hanwha Eagles. If the team fails to produce the desired results again in the next season, Hanwha may join the bid to recruit Choi Won-joon. Hanwha has already proved itself a big player in the FA market by investing a total of 12.8 billion won in recruiting shortstop Shim Woo-joon and starting pitcher Um Sang-baek in the Stove League.
The amount of Choi Won-jun's FA contract is ultimately the market situation and whether he will play in the 2025 season. If Choi Won-jun goes beyond the 2020 season, which was a career high, the ransom could soar through the roof. Attention is focusing on whether Choi Won-jun will be able to perform his best after his professional debut in the 2025 season.