Giants formally sign Jung Hoo Lee

Giants formally sign Jung Hoo Lee Giants formally sign Jung Hoo Lee


Anybody with remaining worries from the great Carlos Correa fiasco of 2022 can discharge a long and delighted exhale. Despite breaking his ankle in 2023, facility fielder Jung Hoo Lee will not give us the very same trauma. Lee has passed his physical, and the San Francisco Giants have actually formally signed him and welcomed him to the family, on a contract that makes him the greatest freelance setting gamer finalizing in franchise business history.Welcome to the San Francisco Giants, Jung Hoo Lee , SFGiants December 15, 2023As the Giants enthusiastically always do, the company revealed the monetary details of the six-year, $113 million contract, which is somewhere between a back-loaded deal and a middle-loaded one. Lee will make $7 million in his initial year with the team, then $16 million in his second season. That number jumps to $22 million in 2026 and 2027, after which he'll have the chance to pull out of the deal and chase more cash, from the Giants or somewhere else. If Lee does not pull out J.t. Snow Jersey, he'll make $20.5 million in both 2028 and 2029. Along with those yearly repayments, he's gaining a $5 million signing benefit, while the team sends out virtually $20 million to his KBO team, the Kiwoom Heroes, as a posting cost. The Giants also announced that Lee will certainly be making contributions to the Giants Community Fund. Those donations will certainly be $60, 000 in 2024, $80, 000 in 2025 Luis Gonzalez Jersey, $110, 000 in 2026 and 2027, and $102, 500 in 2028 and 2029, ought to he still be under agreement. Excellent Giant.One last note: there are various spellings of Lee's name, and I've been creating it as "Jung-hoo Lee." The Giants have actually been consistent in their news release in spelling it "Jung Hoo Lee, " to make sure that's exactly how I will compose it going forward.Welcome to the Giants, JHL!!!


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