ML's dream 'Top 3' foreigners, 4th-year salary of 2.1 billion...Lotte's left-handed winner, did you have such a generous contract
ML's dream 'Top 3' foreigners, 4th-year salary of 2.1 billion...Lotte's left-handed winner, did you have such a generous contract
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Lotte Giants Charlie Barnes, the top foreign player in the KBO League who dreamed of becoming a major league, has been accompanied for four years, and compared to his performance and other foreign pitchers, you can see how "beneficiary contract" it is.
The Lotte Giants already renewed their contracts with Victor Reyes, who set a new record of 202 hits in a single season. On the same day, Lotte acquired a new foreign pitcher Tucker Davidson and confirmed its four-year companion to Charlie Barnes.
Barnes, who has been wearing Lotte's uniform since 2022, has played three seasons so far this year, recording 38 wins and 28 losses with a 3.42 ERA, 478 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.25 in 86 games and 507 ⅓ innings.
For now, it can be interpreted that the fact that a foreign player has renewed his contract without significant injury or sluggish performance for three years has been proven. Beyond proven, he can be regarded as the league's best foreign player based on three seasons. He recorded the most innings and highest quality start (53 innings) during the period.
According to the "Staties" standard of contribution to victory (WAR), Barnes is 17.03 accumulated for three seasons, ahead of Kiwoom Ahn Woo-jin (15.26), SSG Kim Kwang-hyun (15.00), and KT Ko Young-pyo (14.76).
In terms of "Sports2I," Barnes posted a cumulative WAR of 12.30 for three seasons. Ahn Woo-jin, who played for only two seasons and went for surgery and military service, led Barnes with 13.59 and Ko Young-pyo with 12.43, but was included in the top three players in the league.
Prior to this season, he was unable to participate in the spring camp due to the childbirth of his second child. He was away from the camp for about 45 days due to an adductor strain in late May. Still, he did his part by completing the regular innings.
In his 25 starts this year, he recorded 9 wins and 6 losses with a 3.35 ERA, 171 strikeouts, WHIP 1.23 and 17 quality starts in 150 ⅔ innings. Notably, his strikeout ability has improved significantly this year. The number of strikeouts per nine innings, which was 7.73 in 2022 and 7.77 in 2023, jumped to 10.22 this year. It is a great record to record more than one strikeout per inning as a starting pitcher.
Among the pitchers who finished the regular innings, 10.22 strikeouts per nine innings ranked 11th in the KBO league. It is the fifth time when the number of left-handed pitchers is limited. It is followed by Koo Dae-sung (11.85) in 1996, Ariel Miranda (11.66) in 2021, Kyle Hart (10.43) in 2024, Ryu Hyun-jin (10.35) in 2012, and Barnes.
These are valid reasons why he decided to join the team for the fourth year. However, the total amount of Barnes' contract this year is not high. Barnes renewed his contract for 1.35 million U.S. dollars in guaranteed amount, 150,000 dollars in incentives, and 1.5 million dollars in total. 2.1 billion won (1.54 U.S. dollars) in Hanwha. It can be considered a bargain given to a player who has displayed "top three" performance over the past three years.
Barnes signed a contract with Lotte for a total of 610,000 dollars (down payment of 150,000 dollars, annual salary of 460,000 dollars) in 2022, the first year of his contract. He was brought in by paying a transfer fee of around 300,000 dollars to the Minnesota Twins, a Major League team. In the following year, his total amount went up to 1.25 million dollars (down payment of 350,000 dollars, annual salary of 850,000 dollars, incentive of 50,000 dollars). He received 1.35 million dollars (guaranteed amount of 1.2 million dollars, incentive of 150,000 dollars) this year.
Given Barnes' performance, his performance was not that impressive. Barnes also sought to return to the Major League this year following last year, but chose to accompany Lotte.
Even if you compare them with foreign pitchers from other teams that have renewed their contracts, you can see that they have not invested much in Barnes. William Cuevas, who has been accompanying KT Wiz for seven years, will receive the same amount of 1.5 million dollars as Barnes.
All other pitchers are in their second year. James Nail, who won the ERA title and led Kia to the overall championship this year, received 1.8 million dollars (down payment of 400,000 dollars, annual salary of 1.2 million dollars, incentive of 200,000 dollars). Samsung's Denny Rees also signed 1.2 million dollars (down payment of 200,000 dollars, annual salary of 700,000 dollars, incentive of 300,000 dollars).
LG Eliaser Hernandez, Hanwha Ryan Weiss and SSG Drew Anderson, who joined as substitutes during the season and renewed their contracts, are similar. Hernandez will receive $1.3 million (down payment of $300,000, annual salary of $800,000, incentive of $200,000), Anderson will receive $1.2 million (annual salary of $1.15 million, incentive of $50,000), and Weiss will receive $950,000 (down payment of $150,000, annual salary of $600,000, incentive of $200,000). 바카라사이트
Lotte General Manager Park Joon-hyuk said, "Banz has been a team's main starting pitcher for three seasons, showing consistent and outstanding performance. He has high team loyalty and his attitude toward baseball is also a model for his teammates, and I look forward to playing a team-oriented role as an ace pitcher next season."