On May 30 last year, the NC Dinos and Kiwoom Heroes pushed for a trade that no one had ever attempted in the KBO League. NC handed over two nomination rights to Kiwoom without a player, and Kiwoom handed over a promising player in its fourth year of joining the team to NC. In this way, NC left the first case in which a player was acquired only with the nomination right after the nomination right was traded.

Lim Seon-nam, then general manager of NC Dinosaurs, said, "I didn't think about two nomination rights from the beginning. I was thinking about one player and one nomination right, but I couldn't reach an agreement. So I organized it into two nomination rights." This means that Kiwoom showed a lot of interest in the nomination rights, and that NC wanted Kim Hui-jip that much.메이저놀이터

Lim Seon-nam also said, "I don't think Kim's potential is everything. We have a lot more to show in our offense." Kim had a batting average of 0.230 and five home runs in 51 games before moving to the NC Dinosaurs. He had the third highest number of at-bats after Ronnie Dawson (235 at-bats) and Kim Hye-sung (208), but failed to show any growth as he received the opportunity. After moving to the NC Dinosaurs, he clearly enjoyed trade effects with a batting average of 0.274 and 11 home runs in 89 games.

Kim Hwi-jip will make changes once again ahead of this season. This time, he made a difficult choice to modify the hitting mechanism. His form has also changed. "It may not be obvious, but his form has changed. I feel a lot different."

After the NC club's New Year's party on the 3rd, Kim Hwi-jip said, "I'm thinking about how to prepare well, but I'm not thinking about defensive positions. Technically, I'm investing a lot of time in it because I want to change the mechanism," and added, "I hope it works right away, but I'm training while thinking about whether (the expected effect) will come out well in spring camps and exhibition games and how to use it during the season."

He added, "I thought the current mechanism had some limits. In its own way, it's a challenge. It's about changing what I've been doing so far. As the season progresses, I thought there was no choice but to have a limit. I think it's not easy to change it dramatically but to have an effect right away. I know that, so I try to think that if it comes out even a little bit, it's an improvement."

Not many players try to make changes after performing well. Kim made a bold decision despite this. When asked, "If the results don't come out, I might get nervous psychologically," Kim said, "Since the season is long, I will try to be consistent without being swayed. I think consistency, consistency, and the mind that does not waver are important. We can adjust it according to situations, but we try not to change the framework even if we change it tactfully according to situations."