Hit + walk + 2 steals + 1 point Kim Ha-sung appears to enter the big league in June after completely escaping from a hamstring injury in his return match

Jun 21, 2025

Hit walk 2 steals 1 point Kim Ha-sung appears to enter the big league in June after completely escaping from a hamstring injury in his return match
Kim Ha-sung escaped from a hamstring injury and played in Triple-A game and hit a hit. Photo = MiLB.TV Capture



Tampa Bay Rays Kim Ha-sung resumed his rehabilitation game to promote the big league and hit a hit.

Kim Ha-sung, a member of Triple-A Durham Bulls, started as the third designated hitter in an away game against Omaha Stormchasers (under Kansas City Royals) at Papillion Werner Park in Nebraska on the 21st (Korea Standard Time) and recorded one hit, one walk, one run and two steals in four at-bats.

Kim Ha-sung, who was a member of the San Diego Padres, went to first base against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 19 last year and ended the season with a right shoulder injury, later underwent surgery and focused on rehabilitation.




Kim Ha-sung, who became an FA after rejecting mutual options with San Diego last winter, signed a two-year, $29 million contract (player option in 2026) with Tampa Bay ahead of the opening of spring training and built a new nest. Kim Ha-sung originally aimed to return in early May, but his pace was slow and he was assigned to Triple-A and entered the minor league rehabilitation game only on the 27th of last month. However, he suffered right hamstring pain and went into rest after the game on the 12th.

It was the first time in nine days since then that he started the game.

Kim Ha-sung, who entered the first batter's box after two outs in the top of the first inning, pulled the opponent's left-handed starter Rich Hill's 90.5-mile fastball and hit the left-handed hit. Against a 45-year-old veteran with 20 years of major league experience, Kim Ha-sung produced a strong batting speed of 105.1 miles. Kim Ha-sung then succeeded in stealing second base at Tre Morgan's at-bat, but failed to advance further due to the failure of a follow-up hit.




Hit walk 2 steals 1 point Kim Ha-sung appears to enter the big league in June after completely escaping from a hamstring injury in his return match
Kim Ha-sung signed a two-year contract with Tampa Bay in February. Photo = Tampa Bay Rays Club Official X Account
At 0-0 in the third inning, he was out with a bunt on third base with one out. He made a surprise bunt on Hill's 69.9-mile body sweeper on the second pitch on One Strike and called in third baseman Chandler Simpson, but no RBI was given. It was judged by the recorder that he scored with the wit of the runner, not Kim Ha-sung's bunt.

Kim Ha-sung, who stepped down with a grounder to the third base in the fifth inning and a fly ball to the center field in the sixth inning, went out as the leadoff hitter in the eighth inning with an 8-3 lead, drew a walk, and succeeded in stealing the second base again.

Kim Ha-sung, who got a straight walk against right-hander Eric Cerrantola, stole second base at Morgan's at-bat and then dug home and scored on Tristan Peters' double. Kim Ha-sung showed that he was completely out of his hamstring injury by sprinting, including two stolen bases.




As a result, Kim Ha-sung recorded a batting average of 0.214 (9 hits in 42 at-bats), four RBIs, nine runs, nine walks, four steals, and an OPS of 0.614 in 13 Triple-A games.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.