[情報] Merrill Kelly 2018年曾要求SK解約遭拒

看到他前幾天的大聯盟官網專訪文章

發現蠻有趣的事XD

https://reurl.cc/OjzELA

In August of that year, SK Wyverns of the KBO approached Kelly’s agent about having him come to Korea. At the time, the buyout for him to get out of the finaltwo years of Rays control was prohibitive, so the talks were tabled.

2014年8月，SK飛龍跑去聯繫他的經紀人

表示想要簽他，但當時光芒開的買斷金讓SK卻步(還有兩年控制權)

所以當時就擱置了

That winter, while he was in the Dominican Republic playing winter ball, Kelly got a call from his agent. The Korean club was still interested and willing to handle the buyout if he would accept a smaller salary in the first year.

而在那年冬天他跑去多明尼加打冬盟時

SK飛龍又跑去聯繫他的經紀人

表示仍有意願簽他，但第一年薪資要比較少(因為要給光芒的買斷金)

Kelly, then 26 years old, waited to see whether the Rays were going to add him to the 40-man roster or whether he would get selected in the Rule 5 Draft if they didn’t. When neither happened, he went ahead and agreed to the deal with SK Wyverns.

當時26歲的Kelly就等，看看光芒會不會把它放入40人名單

或是在規則五倍選走，但都沒發生

所以他就去韓國了

“My original plan was to go over there for a year or two just to get out of my[years of control] in Tampa,” Kelly said. “And then come home and even sign aMinor League deal at the time. I didn't care, it was just like I'm going to getout of Tampa because I clearly don't have an avenue to the big leagues there and then see what I got.”

他原本計畫是只去打兩年，然後就回美國去

簽小聯盟也行

只要離開光芒都OK

Each year there was a vesting option that Kelly easily hit. And when he was offered a two-year deal for 2017-18 that paid him $1.4 million that final year, he signed it.

打了幾年後，他獲得SK飛龍的兩年合約(2017-2018)

Kelly had a big year in ‘17, making 32 starts with a 3.60 ERA, and his agent started receiving calls from interested Major League teams. Kelly asked his KBO team to let him out of the final year of his deal, but the club had no interest in losing its best pitcher.

但他17年丟很好，經紀人告訴他有大聯盟球團對他有興趣

所以他就問SK能不能第二年約不要執行

但SK拒絕

“I was furious,” Kelly said.

當時他蠻生氣的XDD

Merrill Kelly韓職四年歷年成績&薪資

去韓國前最高到3A

2014 26歲 G:28 GS:15 IP:114.0 ERA:2.76 WHIP:1.26(光芒3A)
2015 27歲 G:30 GS:29 IP:181.1 ERA:4.13 WHIP:1.34 ERA+117.0 35萬鎂
2016 28歲 G:31 GS:31 IP:200.1 ERA:3.68 WHIP:1.32 ERA+141.7 75萬鎂
2017 29歲 G:30 GS:30 IP:190.0 ERA:3.60 WHIP:1.31 ERA+139.8 85萬鎂
2018 30歲 G:28 GS:28 IP:158.1 ERA:4.09 WHIP:1.26 ERA+120.4 175萬鎂
合計 ERA+131.7

之後蛇蛇就用二年550萬美金+21/22的選擇權挖他回美國

美國大概賺3000萬美金/韓國賺370萬美金

https://i.imgur.com/PbBVMEj.jpg

大聯盟生涯歷年成績

2019 31歲 G:32 GS:32 IP:183.1 ERA:4.42 WHIP:1.32 ERA+101.0 200萬鎂
2020 32歲 G:5 GS:5 IP:31.1 ERA:2.59 WHIP:0.99 ERA+175.0 111萬鎂
2021 33歲 G:27 GS:27 IP:158.0 ERA:4.44 WHIP:1.29 ERA+95.0 425萬鎂
2022 34歲 G:33 GS:33 IP:200.1 ERA:3.37 WHIP:1.14 ERA+119.0 625萬鎂
2023 35歲 G:30 GS:30 IP:177.2 ERA:3.29 WHIP:1.19 ERA+132.0 800萬鎂
合計 ERA+112.0

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