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(1)Immediately after the trade announcement, KIA general manager Shim Jae-hak said on the phone with Sports Seoul, “Samsung manager Park Jin-man talked to KIA manager Kim Jong-kook The coaches told each other that they needed the players The club said, “Coach Kim wanted a catcher, so I thought hard about it.”
(2)Shim said, “Our team is currently in a hurry to become a catcher, and we needed a catcher to lead with a new foreign pitcher coming in soon As a result, the front desk finally approved the trade, it added
(3)Meanwhile, catcher Kim Tae-gun will qualify as a free agent FA at the end of this season. KIA has already brought catcher Park Dong-won, who is about to become an FA player, to trade from Kiwoom Heroes last year, but failed to catch him and gave it to the LG Twins
Director Park Jin-man talks to Director Kim Jong-kook first
And coach Kim Jong Kook wanted a catcher
Trade Completed