Jang Jin-hyuk (32), who wore a KT Wiz uniform as a compensation player for last year's FA Um Sang-baek (29, Hanwha Eagles), entered the billion-dollar salary in his first salary negotiations with the changed team.

KT appointed Jang Jin-hyuk as a compensation player for Eom Sang-baek, who moved to Hanwha in November last year.먹튀검증

Jang Jin-hyuk joined Hanwha as the 39th pick in the fourth round of the second round of the 2016 Rookie Draft and made his first first first team stage in 2018. He played in 113 games in 2019 with a batting average of 0.254, one homer, 24 RBIs, and 13 steals, but returned to the team after solving military problems as a social service worker in 2020 and did not show much performance.

Jang Jin-hyuk, whose batting average remained in the early 20% range in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, began to receive the opportunity in earnest with the trust of Hanwha coach Kim Kyung-moon, who took over during the last season. He played as the team's main center fielder in the 2024 season and played in 99 games with a batting average of 0.263 (76 hits in 289 at-bats), nine homers, 44 RBIs, and 14 steals, with an OPS of 0.747.

He seemed to be settled down as Hanwha's main center fielder, but Hanwha did not put him on the protected list. The plan was to break up with Jonathan Peraza, a former foreign hitter, and recruit a new center fielder. Outfielder Esteban Floral, newly recruited by Hanwha last month, is known as a "five-tool player" who was promising enough to rank No. 1 in the team when he was with the New York Yankees.

KT's general manager Na Do-hyun, who named Jang Jin-hyuk as a compensation player at the time, said, "It is a recruitment to strengthen the field's depth," adding, "We expect to create synergy with existing outfield resources with an immediate power that is above the KBO league average and has advantages in defense and base running."

Jang Jin-hyuk, who unintentionally moved to KT, faced an unexpected "recession" even before the full-fledged season began. In his first salary contract with the team he moved to, he reached his first salary of 100 million won since his debut. According to the results of the 2025 season salary contract announced by KT on the 25th, Jang Jin-hyuk marked 115 million won, a 98.3 percent increase from 58 million won last year.

On the list of KT's spring camp, he will participate in training in Geelong, Australia, from the 26th and start quenching for the 2025 season.