Well, we haven't even reached the halfway point of this season yet, but on the other hand, we need to prepare for next season too.
One of those areas is the 'catcher' position.
After Kang Min-ho left, Lotte has been suffering from chronic catcher problems.
To solve that, they brought in Yu Kang-nam, who was released in FA from LG, paying as much as 8 billion won (!!), but the result was... ㅡㅡ
Well, you'd have to say it failed.
He still hasn't completed his FA service days, so he'll remain with Lotte next year, but now we need to think about what comes after Yu Kang-nam.
The approach would be one of two things.
Trust and put all your faith in Son Seong-bin, Jung Bo-geun, and Park Geon-woo, come what may, or
Acquire another catcher from those available in this year's FA market
Well, option 2 would only be possible if Lotte has the will to participate in the FA market before it begins.
First, the expected list of catchers to be released as FA after this season is
Park Dong-won (LG)
Choi Jae-hoon (Hanwha)
Park Se-hyuk (Samsung)
Kim Tae-gun (Kia)
Yang Eui-ji (Doosan)
Roughly this is how it turns out...
Hmm, being someone who doesn't know much about baseball, I'm not sure.
First, I think Park Dong-won, Choi Jae-hoon, Kim Tae-gun, and Yang Eui-ji are likely to stay with their current teams.
Well, just like Kim Hyun-soo left, if we offer enough money, we could bring them in somehow, but whether Lotte has the will to pay for it, and considering that Lotte is a provincial team, we'd have to pay more than the market price to bring them over.
I'm not sure how Lotte's catcher lineup will be formed starting next year.
I'm curious how those of you who know baseball well think about this. ^^
