Kim Hye-sung, who played for Kiwoom until this season, signed a 3+2 year, maximum 22 million dollars (about 32.4 billion won) contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the U.S. Major League Baseball on the 4th (Korea time).먹튀검증

In the future, Kim Hye-sung will be guaranteed $12.5 million for three years, and the contract will be extended for two more years if the two sides agree after the 2027 season.

Kiwoom Heroes is also the team that will welcome the contract with open arms just before the posting deadline. This is because the team's profits can be increased with huge posting costs.

The Los Angeles Dodgers must pay $2.5 million (about 3.9 billion won), 20% of the total contract (guaranteed amount) of $12.5 million, to the Kiwoom Heroes under the player contract agreement signed between the KBO and the Major League Secretariat. If the option to extend the contract is triggered later, an additional $1.42 million (about 2.1 billion won), 15% of the $9.5 million, will be paid for the remaining two years.

When the contract was announced, the Kiwoom team also said, "Congratulations on Kim Hye-sung's advance to the Major League. I am proud to be the best team in MLB. All the Heroes members are proud. Thank you to Kim Hye-sung for bringing good news."

"The MLB is a dream stage for all baseball players. Only the best players can play. Challenging posting and achieving results are great achievements in themselves. We also look forward to positive effects that will raise the overall status of the KBO League beyond the team's performance," he said.

Heroes is a club that actively helps players advance to the Major League.

Kang started in 2014. Kang, who dominated the KBO League stage, moved to Pittsburgh, where posting costs of 5 million U.S. dollars were incurred.

Then, the following year, Park Byung-ho announced his intention to advance to the U.S., and Minnesota responded, and the posting cost of $12.85 million, which is much higher than Kang Jung-ho's, headed to the Heroes club.

Five years later, in 2020, Kim Ha-sung, who was called the shortstop peace king after Kang Jung-ho, challenged the Major League, and Kiwoom also pocketed $5.525 million. And Lee Jung-hoo, who hit a $100 million jackpot last year, left for the U.S., giving his former team $18.825 million.

Until this time, Kiwoom earned a whopping $44.7 million, 2015 (about 65.8 billion won) from posting expenses.

Kiwoom spent 5.75 billion won (excluding newcomers and foreigners) last year on the team's annual salary. In other words, since Kang Jung-ho entered the Major League just 10 years ago, the posting fee alone left him with money even after paying the team's annual salary for the past 10 years.

Kiwoom's encouragement to advance to the Major League is not the end here. This is because Ahn Woo-jin, who is currently serving as a social service worker after Tommy John surgery in September 2023, remains.

Ahn Woo-jin will be released from the call-up in mid-September and will return to the team. He will take the mound in earnest from the 2026 season, and if he plays for three seasons, he will be eligible for the long-awaited posting. The player himself is also very eager to advance to the Major League, so he is sure to be motivated.