Can his brother-in-law cross the threshold of the big league.

I had a lot of thoughts with my family during the offseason. Every time I did, I could see SSG fans cheering for me, and most importantly, younger players. I felt that much love for baseball and the team, so I agonized over my career path with the club," Choo said.

He added, "The club and the new coach needed me and respected my opinion. Next year's performance is important, but I want to contribute to the team by sharing my experiences and thoughts while training with junior players in the Futures team at any time depending on the team situation."

Choo recently ended his career as an active player after the end of next season while discussing his career path with his club, and announced to his club that he would sign a minimum annual salary (30 million won) contract and donate all of his annual salary. SSG respected Choo's opinion, and decided to join Choo's donation activities. The exact amount of donation and various donation activities will be disclosed later.

In order to repay fans' love and support, Choo has proposed to his team a variety of fan service plans for the next season. He plans to end his career by making meaningful memories with fans including a gift for a uniform with a missing autograph, a special autograph event, and support for the Ama Baseball Organization. Details will also be announced later.

Choo Shin-soo, who announced his retirement, said, "I think the time has come to end 23 years of baseball in the U.S. and Korea since 2001. As it is the last season, I want to give meaningful memories to the fans who have supported me so far, regardless of home or away fans."

Lee Seung-yeop and Lee Dae-ho, who announced their retirement earlier, showed solid performances in the final season. Lee played 135 games with a batting average of 280,000 (132 hits in 472 times at bat), 24 homers, 87 RBIs and 65 points.

Lee played in 142 games and won the Golden Glove in designated hitter category with a batting average of 331 (179 hits in 540 at-bats) and 23 home runs, 101 RBIs and 53 runs, giving him his seventh career gold glove. Lee left another real record for the KBO League. He is the oldest Golden Glove winner. Lee won the Golden Glove at the age of 40 years, five months and 18 days. The previous record was 39 years, three months and 20 days, which Lee Seung-yeop set in 2015.

In the final season of their retirement, baseball faced higher barriers than expected. Samsung finished ninth with 55 wins, 84 losses and five draws in 2017, while Lotte ranked eighth (64 wins, 76 losses and four draws) last year.

Choo Shin-soo, who led SSG's "Wire to Wire" integration victory last year, will be able to take the fall stage in the last season that Lee Seung-yeop and Lee Dae-ho failed to achieve.    토토사이트먹튀