Awesome Kim is back The 7th shortstop in the game against the Seattle Mariners on the 10th, reappeared in three days. Showing his pride as the team's highest paid player

Aug 10, 2025

Awesome Kim is back The 7th shortstop in the game against the Seattle Mariners on the 10th, reappeared in three days. Showing his pride as the team's highest paid player



Awesome Kim is back The 7th shortstop in the game against the Seattle Mariners on the 10th, reappeared in three days. Showing his pride as the team's highest paid player
Kim Ha-sung (30), the Tampa Bay Rays' highest salary, returned to the starting lineup in three days.

Attention is focusing on whether Kim Ha-sung will have recovered his condition through rest. If only he still shows his lackluster appearance, there could be even a 'Eating and running controversy' Kim Ha-sung's evaluation is not that good. This is because he has not played a match for his ransom since returning from injury.

Tampa Bay announced its starting lineup, which includes Kim Ha-sung, in an away game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington on the morning of the 10th (Korea time). Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash changed his starting lineup significantly compared to the previous day.




Yandy Diaz (first baseman), Brandon Lowe (designated hitter), Josh Lowe (right fielder), Junior Caminero (third baseman), Chandler Simpson (left fielder), Pedusia Hunter (catcher), Kim Ha-sung (striker), Tristan Peters (middle fielder) and Tristan Gray (second baseman) are on the starting list. Kim Ha-sung started as the 7th shortstop for the first time in a long time.

Awesome Kim is back The 7th shortstop in the game against the Seattle Mariners on the 10th, reappeared in three days. Showing his pride as the team's highest paid player
It is the first time in three days that Kim Ha-sung has been included in the starting list since an away game against the Los Angeles Angels on the 7th. At that time, Kim Ha-sung started as the fifth shortstop. However, Kim Ha-sung, who was placed in the team clean-up trio, left only a disappointing performance of no hits in four times at bat. There was no contribution in terms of offense to the team's 5-4 victory.

It is not like the team's highest annual salary, which receives $13 million (about 18.1 billion won) this year alone. Kim Ha-sung has continued his long rehabilitation since shoulder surgery last year He barely made it back in early July, but he is only disappointed with his performance that did not meet expectations.




Awesome Kim is back The 7th shortstop in the game against the Seattle Mariners on the 10th, reappeared in three days. Showing his pride as the team's highest paid player
Above all, the durability, which was one of Kim Ha-sung's strengths during shoulder surgery and long rehabilitation, has greatly weakened. As the time to not experience intense games has been prolonged, the tension between the muscles and joints of the body seems to have decreased. As a result, pain in the calf and back continues to occur in a simple stolen base situation since returning.

Eventually, Kim Ha-sung entered the 10-day injured list (IL) on July 26. The registration date was applied retroactively to the 23rd. He returned to the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 2nd after completing 10 days, but his batting sense is still not good. Kim Ha-sung played in five games in August and has a poor batting average of 167, hitting only three hits in 18 at-bats.

Recently, he has been absent even though there are no special injury issues. It can be seen as a consideration for conditioning in the team, which means that there is a strong concern about Kim Ha-sung's physicality.




Kim Ha-sung has a batting average of 0.204 (10 hits in 49 at-bats), one home run, two doubles, three RBIs and three runs, four walks, 15 strikeouts and four steals (1 failed) with an on-base percentage of 0.286 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.577. It is too shabby for a whopping $13 million salary. If it fails to show a rebound from here, there seems to be no refutation even if it is called 'worst FA'.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.