"I'm not at the level of scoring. You just have to play one more game, hit a lot, run a lot, and your team wins."

"Mooky Betts" Hwang Young-mook has been rewarded with his salary for his performance so far.

Hanwha announced on the 21st that it has completed annual salary contracts with 59 weak players in the business community in 2025. Despite the 20 million won cut, Noh Si-hwan hit the highest annual salary in the team with 330 million won (increase rate -6%). Closer Joo Hyun-sang rose 140 million won to 250 million won (127%), the highest amount for a pitcher.메이저놀이터

Hwang Young-mook became the hero of the highest increase rate by combining pitching and hitting. Hwang Young-mook, who received the lowest annual salary of 30 million won in the 2024 season, will receive 83 million won (177 percent) in 2025.

Hwang was the 31st player in the fourth round of the 2024 rookie draft, and wore the Hanwha uniform. He played in 123 games during his first season as a pro, and displayed impressive performance with 105 hits, three homers, four steals, and a batting average of 0.301 OPS of 0.737.

Notably, his performance that always did his best captured the hearts of fans. His uniform was always covered with dirt after the game. With his sensuous contact ability, he achieved 30 percent in his debut season. Fans even gave Hwang the nickname "Mooky Betts," which was named after Mookie Betts from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Entering a pro league was harder than anyone else. After graduating from Chunghun High School, he participated in the rookie draft but was not selected, before moving on to Chung-Ang University. Chung-Ang dropped out after a year and continued playing in the independent league. He appeared in KBS sports documentary "Youth Baseball Team" and JTBC's baseball entertainment show "The Greatest Baseball Organization," drawing keen attention from fans. As a result of his hard work, he was chosen by Hanwha and was able to become the program he dreamed of.

It was difficult, but because there was an independent league, Hwang Young-mook was able to exist today. During the season, Hwang Young-mook said, "I feel responsible and proud to be from an independent league. I don't know how others will evaluate it, but I'm always playing baseball with pride."

At the end of the season, he asked Hwang to score his score. "I'm not good enough to score," Hwang said after hesitating, adding, "The first thing to do is to play more games, play more, and your team wins."

On that day, Hwang Young-mook's uniform was covered in dirt. The reward of hard work came back to his salary. The dirtier Hwang Young-mook's uniform is, the higher his salary and value will gradually increase.