There were no compensation players for An Chi-hong

Lotte decided to receive compensation only for Ahn Chi-hong, who moved to Hanwha on the 27th, as an FA compensation, not a player. With the transfer of B-grade FA An Chi-hong to Hanwha, Lotte was able to receive 100% of the previous year's salary or 200% of the previous year's salary without a compensation player except for 25 protected players.

Lotte's choice was the latter. Most teams choose compensation players if they lose the FA, but Lotte decided to receive only compensation after agonizing until the deadline for the FA compensation decision on the 27th. The FA compensation process was completed by collecting 1 billion won in compensation, which is 200% of Ahn Chi-hong's 500 million won annual salary this year.

If Lotte chose a compensation player, the compensation could have been only 500 million won. From Lotte's point of view, Hanwha judged that there was no compensation player worth 500 million won.

It can be interpreted in two aspects. First of all, it means that Hanwha's player base is that thin. Hanwha, which has not been out of the 9th to 10th place for the past five years, is the weakest team in the league and has a very large gap between the starting lineup and backup. It is not strange that players who are not even 20 and have not made the 25-member protection list are valued lower than 500 million won. It means that Debs is weak, so there is no leakage of compensation players, which Hanwha cannot just like.

However, Hanwha Debs is not as barren as in the past. In other words, Hanwha made a good list of protected players. The full-strength players could not immediately make the list of protected players because they were tying up many prospects they had collected over the years, but they made the best list in it. It was expected that there would be a leak from the pitcher's side, but Lotte also had enough resources and was not at a level that was tempting.

Lotte focused on filling the void of An Chi-hong by selecting infielders Oh Sun-jin and Choi Hang in the second draft. The pitcher's side needed a left-hand bullpen, but he did not have enough resources as a Hanwha compensator. In the end, before giving up the compensation player, Lotte transferred the right to select the fifth round of the 2025 rookie draft to LG and made a trade to receive veteran left-hander bullpen Jin Hae-soo.

Hanwha recruited An Chi-hong as a FA for up to 7.2 billion won for 4+2 years on the 19th and started working on the list of protected players early. Pitcher Debs is better than the fielder, so some full-strength pitchers are reportedly missing immediately. Looking at Hanwha's moves, he was prepared to leak pitchers. In the second draft of recruiting An Chi-hong, he recruited right-hander Lee Sang-kyu as the second pick in the first round and sidearm Bae Min-seo as the 13th pick in the third round to prepare for a possible leak of compensation players.

Hanwha said, "Who will Lotte take?"He paid keen attention to the designation of a compensation player. Lotte, which immediately focuses on power, expected to pick pitchers and prepared alternative resources, but the expectations were wrong. As Lotte chose only compensation after hard work, Hanwha could protect even one more player without leaking compensation players. It is not a bad result for Hanwha, which is a waste of one player. As a result, Hanwha's recruitment cost increased to up to 8.2 billion won with 1 billion won in compensation added to the contract of 7.2 billion won for 4+2 years.   토토사이트