No team in baseball exceeded the salary cap for the 2023 season. The closest team to the salary cap was the Doosan Bears.
The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) released the total salaries of the top 40 players by club in 2023 on Tuesday. “As a result of the calculation of salaries by club, no team exceeded the salary cap,” it said.
The KBO introduced the salary cap system in 2023 to level the league’s power and ensure its continued development. The salary cap is set at 11.4268 billion won. This is 120% of the club’s average annual salary, which is the sum of the salaries of each club’s top 40 players 안전놀이터 (excluding foreign players and rookies) in 2021 and 2022, as well as the average annual contract value of free agents.
By club, Doosan, led by coach Lee Seung-yup (47), posted the highest amount among the 10 teams at 11.08175 billion won. SSG was second with 10.8647 billion won.
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Was third with 10.797 billion won, followed by Lotte (10.6467 billion won), Samsung (10.4073 billion won), and NC (10.812 billion won). Six of the 10 clubs surpassed the 10 billion mark.
In seventh place was KIA (9.8771 billion won), followed by Korean Series runner-up KT (9.483 billion won), Hanwha (8.531 billion won), and Kiwoom (6.452 billion won).
If a team signs a contract that exceeds the salary cap, it must pay a penalty of 50 percent of the excess for the first time. For the second consecutive time, the team must pay 100% of the excess as a sanction, and the team’s first-round pick for the following year will be reduced by nine spots.
If you exceed the limit for the third consecutive time, you must pay a fine equal to 150% of the limit, and your first-round pick for the following year will be reduced by 9 levels. 에볼루션 바카라사이트