Tess-type "KIA fan and win, will be remembered forever", ·· Fans also said "thank you" for SNS goodbye
Tess-type "KIA fan and win, will be remembered forever", ·· Fans also said "thank you" for SNS goodbye
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"I'll put you all in the back of my mind."
"Tes' brother" Socrates Brito (32) left a heart-wrenching last-minute message to his teammates and fans at Kia. He said he will remember his victory at Kia forever.
Socrates said goodbye to Kia through his social media (SNS) Instagram on Sunday. "I want to say thank you to the Kia Tigers for allowing me to be a part of the team for the past three years," Socrates said. "Thanks to the coaches who always enabled me to become better players, I feel like a family, and I want to thank the fans for their support and unconditional support. I love you. I will put you all in the back of my heart."
"I'm happy to be the championship because all the hard work during the season has paid off. I will remember that feeling forever," he said. "Trust, gratitude, joy. This is how I end this moment. I finish the cycle and keep going with new challenges and confidence that I did a good job. Thank you all!" he said in his final greetings to the fans.
Socrates, who expressed his feelings in English, last wrote "Tes-hyung" in Korean and finished with an emoticon containing the image of respect.
KIA fans are flocking to Socrates' last greeting to express their gratitude. Fans have thanked him for his dedication in KIA and cheered for his new start.
KIA officially announced its breakup with Socrates the day before, saying, "I signed a contract with foreign batter Patrick Wisdom for a total of $1 million, including a down payment of $200,000 and an annual salary of $800,000.
KIA, which had signed James Nail and Adam Oler and two pitchers earlier, filled the remaining spot with Wisdom to complete the formation of foreign players in the 2025 season, officially confirming the separation between Socrates and KIA.
Socrates, who stepped on the Korean stage in 2022, succeeded in a soft landing with a batting average of 0.311 17 home runs, 77 RBIs and 12 steals with an OPS of 0.848 in 127 games in his first year in the KBO League. In 2023, he recorded a batting average of 0.285 with 20 home runs, 96 RBIs, and 15 steals with an OPS of 0.807. Although he failed to achieve a batting average of 300, both home runs and RBIs increased from the first season (2022). Ahead of this season, Socrates succeeded in survival by paying a total of 1.2 million dollars (down payment of 300,000 won, annual salary of 500,000 and optional $400,000). Socrates, 토토사이트 who played in the KBO league for three consecutive seasons, the longest tie among the Tigers' foreign hitters, was rumored to be kicked out and replaced as his bat did not recover at the beginning of the season. Once his batting average fell until he hit 1 in April, he raised his batting average to the late 20s in May when the weather began to get hot, and in July, he became a batter with a batting average of 300.