"Two years, more than $10 million"

Eric Peddy was the top predator who dominated the KBO league in the 2023 season. He became the fourth pitcher ever to win three times with 20 wins (first place), 2.00 ERA (first place) and 209 strikeouts (!) in 30 games, and achieved 20 wins and 200 strikeouts in a season for the first time in 37 years since Sun Dong-yeol in 1986.

Starting with the Choi Dong-won Award, which is given to the best pitcher, Pedi acquired five trophies including three pitcher categories, a defense award, and an MVP at the end-of-year KBO award ceremony. He is also certain to win the award in the pitcher category at the Golden Glove award ceremony on Wednesday.

Not only NC`s original team but also U.S. and Japanese teams have sent a flurry of love calls to Pedi, who has played as a de-KBO player. NC`s suggested a multi-year contract worth more than 2 million U.S. dollars a year, and Orix, the runner-up in Japan`s Japan Series, reportedly sought to recruit Pedi. With big league teams jumping in, Pedi`s annual pay is expected to soar to 5 million dollars. In 2022, the last big league season, Pedi earned 2.15 million dollars in annual pay from Washington.

The Chicago White Sox and the New York Mets, who are mentioned as Pedi's destination, are in urgent need of reinforcing starting pitchers. Starting with ace Dylan Cease, the White Sox will have starting pitchers Michael Soroka, Tukey Toussant, and Jerry Scholten's. Among them, Sease is scheduled to be traded this winter, and Soroka has just returned from injury, so there is no clear starting card. The Mets also need to reinforce at least two starting pitchers as only three solid starters are Senga Kodaly, Luis Severino and Jose Quintana.

However, it remains to be seen how much change Peddy, who suffered setbacks in the Major League just a year ago, will show. Peddy played in 27 games with Washington D.C. in 2022, showing a poor performance with 6 wins, 13 losses and a 5.81 ERA. The sinker, his main weapon, did not work for big league hitters at all, and was hit hard with a batting average of 0.307. The success or failure of Peddy is expected to be determined by the newly installed weapon sweeper in Korea. 먹튀검증