Won Tae-in (25) of the Samsung Lions has an annual salary of 630 million won during the 2025 season. The salary has been raised by 200 million won from his salary of 430 million won during the last 2024 season.

Wontaein achieved career high in the last season. "I really like it. I think I'm most satisfied with the fact that my salary has never been cut," Wontaein said in a recent telephone conversation.메이저사이트

Samsung has been participating in spring camp in Guam since February 22. Instead of flying to Guam, Won joined the rehabilitation team at Gyeongsan Ballpark in North Gyeongsang Province, where the second-tier baseball stadium is located, to recover his physical condition. He has been participating in the second-tier spring camp in Okinawa, Japan since February 1.

He completely shook off his shoulder injury suffered during the Korean Series, but he wanted to prepare for a possible situation. "I was in good condition, but I wanted to make sure I got better, so I was absent from the first team camp for a while. I'm doing great now," Won said.

He is already throwing balls little by little. "I am also throwing 45m long tosses. I will pitch around the second or third week of February," Won said.

What Won focuses on this season is his early performance in the season. "I plan every year, but it doesn't go as planned. Last year, nothing went as planned. I never thought I would pitch so well in April, and I didn't know if I would show such poor performance in June or July," Won said.

"Early mood is important from the start. Our team started the season with eight consecutive losses. Back then, the mood was so bad," Won said. "I will start the year with good pitching from the beginning like last year."

"Last year, I started building my body late, so I thought I wouldn't be able to get up early in the season. But regardless of the situation, I felt that the season was coming up on my own. It was another experience for me," he said.

His next season's goal is also the same as what he set every year. "On average, I set the minimum goal of 10 wins and 150 innings every year," Won said.

If he has more greed, he will increase the number of strikeouts. After striking out 129 in the 2021 season, Won has averaged 120 strikeouts over the past four seasons.

The so-called "Rapak" home stadium is a batter-friendly place where pitchers suffer. In general, groundball-guided pitchers are advantageous.

However, Won said, "I want to approach Rafak by reducing the number of in-play balls by striking out a lot. So, I'm thinking about upgrading the pitches I have during the spring camp or installing new ones. I will try it when I get faster."