More than doubling in two years
Who dominated the Korean professional baseball league this year, is on the verge of returning to the Major League. Peddy's next destinations are the New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox.
MLB Trade Rumors, which reports on the transfer to the Major League, said on the 5th (Korea time), "Metz and White Sox are Pedi's final two options," adding, "The contract can be completed the next day."
The terms and conditions of the contract were also mentioned. Mark Feinsand, a reporter for MLB.COM, the Major League's website, told social networking services that he would receive more than 5 million U.S. dollars per year for a two-year contract. The total amount of the contract exceeds 10 million dollars.
Before moving to NC, Peddy played for Washington in the big league in 2022 and received 2.15 million dollars per year. This year, he signed a contract with NC for 1 million dollars, including a down payment of 200,000 dollars and an annual salary of 800,000 dollars, as a new foreign player in the KBO League. However, he has been able to return to the big league by more than doubling his ransom for two years based on his stellar performance in the KBO League.
Pedi dominated the KBO league this year. He started 30 games and recorded 20 wins, 6 losses, 2.00 ERA and 209 strikeouts. He became the fourth pitcher to win the Triple Crown with multiple wins, an earned run average, and a strikeout category, and achieved 20 wins and 200 strikeouts simultaneously for the first time since Sun Dong-yeol in 1986. Thanks to his overwhelming performance, the MVP award in the regular season was naturally his job.
Pedi's new "sweeper," a variant of his slider in Korea, has raised his stock price. In addition, he freely threw changeups, sinkers, and cut fastballs on fastballs at speeds of 150 kilometers per hour to cook his opponent's batters. The teams that faced Pedi all said in unison, "He is a pitcher of a different level," adding, "He should not be here."
As he gained power in the batter-friendly KBO League, he has been paying attention to Pedi early in Japan as well as in the big league. Thanks to Pedi, NC, which performed better than expected, also tried to renew its contract, but it could not win the "Money Game."