Kim Ha-sung's 5-year, 88.5 billion ATL-related media is new...Stock prices rise as 268.6 billion biggest fish disappears
Dec 29, 2024
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The U.S. media 'JustBaseball' reported on the 29th (Korea Standard Time) in anticipation of the contract size and destination of the top 10 remaining in the FA market. Kim Ha-sung was listed in sixth place, and the media expected him to sign a five-year, $60 million contract with the Atlanta Braves.
JustBaseball is 'Kim Ha-sung is one of the most versatile FA and is a special defender. He can continue to perform main shortstop or super utility duties. He had shoulder surgery in October, making it difficult to play at the beginning of the season, so his stock price fell in the market. However, he still stands out because there are not many sales in the central infield FA market.
He stressed that he is at the age of being able to sign a long-term contract. JustBaseball turned 29 last October. There was still the advantage of being able to sign a long-term contract, so we could expect a five-year contract.'"
However, Just Baseball revised Kim Ha-sung's expected destination from the San Francisco Giants to Atlanta. San Francisco signed Willy Adames (29), the biggest shortstop in the FA market, for seven years and 182 million dollars (about 268.6 billion won).
JustBaseball made the wrong assumption that when we first expected Kim Ha-sung's destination, San Francisco would not recruit the biggest FA fielder. Turns out we're completely wrong. San Francisco signed Adames to a seven-year, $182 million contract to resolve the gap in the starting shortstop. We are preparing to use Matt Chapman (31) as third baseman and send shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald (27), who was a standout rookie last year, to second baseman, so we don't need to recruit any more infielders to San Francisco.
Kim Ha-sung mentioned Atlanta as the new team in need. JustBaseball is 'Another team that needs a shortstop is Atlanta. As Orlando Arcia (30), who was previously a shortstop, has an annual salary of only 2 million dollars (about 2.9 billion won), Kim Ha-sung's ransom may seem expensive. Arcia explained, 'I can provide good defense as a shortstop like Kim Ha-sung, but I'm not even close to Kim Ha-sung in terms of hitting.'"
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The U.S. media has frequently mentioned Kim Ha-sung, calling him 'underrated FA' since the contract between Adames and San Francisco was finalized. Kim Ha-sung's expected destinations include the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Yankees, and the Detroit Tigers.
The U.S. media 'Blitzer Report' predicted last month that Kim Ha-sung will sign a one-year, $14 million (about 20.6 billion won) contract with the Dodgers due to a shoulder injury. 'The Athletic' was $36 million for two years. Kim Ha-sung added a commentary that he will make a short-term contract for now and choose a strategy to seek FA re-entry next year.
In a month, Kim Ha-sung's expected contract period and scale have become much larger. Now the period has risen to four to five years, and the amount has risen to $60 million. Of course, it is less than the expected amount of $100 million (about 147.6 billion won) when Kim Ha-sung won the Gold Glove for the first time as an Asian infielder last year, but the stock price seems to be rising as demand for Kim Ha-sung is increasing in the market.
Kim Ha-sung achieved his dream of becoming a big leaguer by signing a four-year, $28 million (about 41.3 billion won) contract with the San Diego Padres in 2021. While playing as the main shortstop and second baseman, he recorded a total of 540 games, a batting average of 0.242 (418 hits in 1725 at-bats), 47 homers, 200 RBIs, 78 steals, and an OPS of 0.706 in four seasons.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
