KBO Regular-Season Champions Wiz Reward Manager with Record Contract
The new contract tops the previous KBO record and rewards Lee after the Wiz won a franchise-record 90 games.
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KBO regular-season champions Wiz reward manager with record contract
The Korean baseball regular-season champions KT Wiz rewarded their manager, Lee Kang-chul, with a record contract Monday. The Wiz said they signed Lee to a new three-year deal worth 3.4 billion won ($2.6 million), making him the highest-paid manager in Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) history. Lee will make 800 million won in annual salary and received a signing bonus of 1 billion won. Lee's deal surpasses the three-year, 3 billion-won contract…
KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul will lead the "Wizards" until 2029. The KT club announced on the 19th that it had re-signed Manager Lee to a three-year contract worth a total of 3.4 billion won. The contract includes a signing bonus of 1 billion won and an annual salary of 800 million won. In terms of total value, this is the highest contract amount in KBO League history for a manager. He took the helm of KT in 2019.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = Manager Lee Kang-chul, who led the kt wiz to the 2026 professional baseball regular season championship, is receiving the highest treatment in the history of KBO League manager...
[OSEN=Reporter Lee Hu-gwang] KT Wiz Manager Lee Kang-chul, who reclaimed the regular season throne for the first time in five seasons, has agreed to a contract extension guaranteeing the highest compensation in history. On the 19th, the professional baseball team KT Wiz officially announced, "We have signed a new contract with Manager Lee Kang-chul for a total of 3.4 billion won over three years (1 billion won signing bonus, 800 million won annu…
KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-cheol has renewed his contract with the highest compensation ever for a KBO League manager.
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