Pedi, who played in Washington as a fifth-term player until the 2021 and 2022 seasons, joined NC this season.
Pedi has shown remarkable performance. He pitched in 30 games and 180 ⅓s, recording 20 wins, 6 losses with a 2.00 ERA and 209 strikeouts.
He achieved triple crowns with multiple wins, ERA and strikeouts, and posted 20 wins and 200 strikeouts at the same time for the first time in 37 years since Sun Dong-yeol in 1986. Of course, he was also the MVP of the game.
Rumbunter detailed Pedi’s performance at NC, saying, “Fedi, who did not have much success in Washington, took his talent to Korea last season, and the results were amazing.”
“Peddy used changeups that he rarely used when pitching in the U.S. He added a slider that he had never thrown in the MLB since 2018,” he said. “His pitching speed has not changed much, but his sinker has become much deeper. We should not take the results of his performance in Korea lightly.”
“St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas, who was overwhelmingly active in Japan in the past, returned to MLB for a two-year, $15.5 million. Pedi will be able to sign a two-year, 18 million-dollar contract,” he estimated.
MLB.com also predicted that Pedi would sign a contract with a big league team worth two years and $10 million.
Meanwhile, NC is waging an all-out war by presenting a “multi-year contract” card to catch Pedi.
Although it is difficult to give Pedi a big amount of money in the big league, the proposal is to allow him to focus on baseball stably for several years through a multi-year contract.
Pedi made a principled position at the KBO awards ceremony late last month, saying, “We need to discuss with several teams, and we are of course considering negotiating a contract with NC.” 토토사이트 추천