Despite a blockbuster long-term contract, Roh Si-hwan (Hanwha Eagles), who was notified of a demotion to the second team amid severe slump, will be unable to avoid a salary loss.
The professional baseball team Hanwha Eagles made a dramatic decision on the 13th, when there were no games, to remove their marquee hitter Roh Si-hwan from the first-team roster.
The reason for the removal was poor performance. Ahead of the season, Roh Si-hwan signed a blockbuster long-term contract with Hanwha that guarantees aggregates of 30.7 billion won (including options) over 11 years from 2027 through 2037. Expectations were higher for him than for any other player, but he fell into a slump, unable to overcome the pressure of his salary.
Roh Si-hwan struggled with a .145 average in 13 games (55 at-bats, 8 hits), 3 RBIs and an OPS of .394. He had a .095 batting average with runners in scoring position and struck out 21 times, the most among league hitters. He also committed three defensive errors.
On the 12th against the KIA Tigers in Daejeon, Roh Si-hwan went 0-for-4 with one strikeout, marking his fourth consecutive hitless game since the SSG Landers game in Incheon on the 8th. This is why manager Kim Kyung-moon, after long deliberation, sent the marquee and highly paid hitter Roh Si-hwan to the second team.
With this demotion to the second team, Roh Si-hwan will also suffer a salary loss. Article 73 of the KBO regulations [Increase and decrease of salary] ② states that if a player with an annual salary of 300 million won or more is not registered as an active player by his club, the club shall reduce that player's salary according to the following criteria.
Among them, clause 1 states that if a player cannot be registered as an active player due to the player's own fault, such as a decline in performance, the amount to be deducted from the player's salary is calculated by multiplying 50% of 1/300 of the player's salary by the number of days the player was not registered as an active player.
Accordingly, Roh Si-hwan, whose salary this year is 1 billion won, will have about 1.66 million won deducted every day he is in the second team. A player whose active roster registration has been removed may apply for re-registration from the day 10 days after the removal is publicly announced, so the calculation shows Roh Si-hwan will miss at least 16.66 million won.
Roh Si-hwan, who disappointed expectations from his blockbuster long-term contract and suffered both a demotion to the second team and a salary loss. Will he be able to regain his "Roh Si-hwan-tastic" hitting in Seosan? <
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