The tea started circulating recently, and an article came out yesterday, but since there was no post, I'm jotting down some thoughts.
Could he possibly go somewhere else? That's the feeling I had, but the contract was delayed and he ended up going to Kia.
"Beomsu, you've worked hard all this time. Go there, stay healthy, and play baseball well with hyung Taeyang..."
It looks like Kia signed 3 people in one day: Jo Sangwoo, Kim Beomsu, and Hong Geonhui.
Reference article: Big shock! If it's going to be like this, they should've grabbed Choi Hyungwoo...Kia signed Jo Sangwoo for 2 years and 1.5 billion won, and spent 2.7 billion won on Kim Beomsu and Hong Geonhui!
https://m.sports.naver.com/kbaseball/article/139/0002240973
