NC Peddieis taking a commemorative photo after winning MVP at the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Awards held at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 27th. 

Eric Peddy, who performed best for the NC Dinos in the 2023 season and was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the regular season, has raised the possibility of going to the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League Baseball (MLB).

The American Rumbunter, which mainly covers Pittsburgh news, said on the 4th, “Pittsburgh needs a starting pitcher. “One of the interesting free agents is Peddie, a former Washington Nationals prospect.”

Peddie, who played as a 5th starter in Washington until the 2021 and 2022 seasons, joined NC this season.

Peddie’s performance was amazing. He pitched in 30 games, pitched 180⅓ innings, and went 20-6 with an ERA of 2.00 and 209 strikeouts.

He achieved the 'triple crown' of multiple wins, earned run average, and strikeouts, and achieved the feat of simultaneously recording 20 wins and 200 strikeouts for the first time in 37 years since Sun Dong-yeol in 1986. Of course, the MVP was also Peddie's responsibility.

Rumbunter detailed Peddie's performance in NC, saying, "Peddy, who did not have much success in Washington, took his talents to Korea last season and produced surprising results."

He continued, “Peddy used the changeup as his main weapon, which he rarely used when pitching in the United States. “And we added a slider, which has not been thrown in MLB since 2018,” he said. “The velocity hasn’t changed much, but the sinker has gained much more depth. “Pedi’s results in Korea should not be taken lightly,” he emphasized.

At the same time, “Myles Mikolas (St. Louis Cardinals), who played overwhelmingly in Japan in the past, returned to MLB for two years and $15.5 million. “Pedi could sign a two-year contract worth $18 million (about 23.5 billion won),” he estimated.

MLB.com also predicted that Peddie would sign a two-year, $10 million contract with a big league team.

Meanwhile, NC is waging an all-out war to hold on to Pedi, including presenting the 'multi-year contract' card.

It is difficult to give Peddie a big league-level amount of money, but the proposal is to sign a multi-year contract so that he can focus on baseball stably for several years.

At the KBO awards ceremony at the end of last month, Peddie made a general statement, saying, “Discussions with various teams are necessary, and we are also considering renewing the contract with NC.” 카지노사이트존