Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense

Sep 17, 2025

Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense
Atlanta Braves Kim Ha-sung catches Jacob Young's slow grounder with his bare hands in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on the 17th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense
Kim Ha-sung is rushing home when Vidal Bruhan makes a timely hit after hitting right in the eighth inning in the first game of a doubleheader. AFP Yonhap News
Atlanta Braves Kim Ha-sung clearly showed why the team recruited him.

In a double header against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on the 17th (Korea time), Kim Ha-sung contributed to his winning streak by scoring three hits and three points from six times at bat.

Kim Ha-sung, who has had hits in the last five consecutive games, including his fourth multi-hit game since moving to Atlanta, has a batting average of 0.250 (33 hits in 132 at-bats), three home runs, 11 RBIs, 12 runs, 6 steals, and an OPS of 0.668. Since joining Atlanta on the 3rd, he has a batting average of 0.313 (15 hits in 48 at-bats), one home run, six RBIs, seven runs, and an OPS of 0.766 in 14 games.




It is significant that he became a .300 hitter in Atlanta. Atlanta, which won four consecutive games with Kim Ha-sung as a link, marked 69 wins and 83 losses and maintained fourth place in the NL East.

Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense
Kim Ha-sung is running to the ground for the first game of the doubleheader. AP Yonhap News
In the first game, he went 2 for 4 and scored 2 points to lead the team to a 6-3 victory.

Kim Ha-sung, who entered his first at-bat with no outs and no outs in the top of the second inning when he was 0-0, struck out a rookie on Washington right-hander Jake Irvin's 84.5-mile slider in the fifth pitch. It was judged by the ball, but it was slightly put on the corner of the strike zone.




However, Kim Ha-sung's silence did not last long. He took the lead in the team's five-point big innings by hitting a right-handed hit after one out in the fourth inning, trailing 0-2. At the ball count of 2B1S, Irvin's 92.8-mile fastball that flew toward his body was slightly missed, falling over the second baseman's height and into the right-center field.

Kim Ha-sung, who advanced to third base on Michael Harris II's right-handed hit, then homered when Eli White grounded out to third base and scored his team's first point.

Atlanta tied the game 2-2 with Vidal Bruhan's double, then widened the gap to 5-2 with Jurickson Profar's superior two-run homer and Matt Olsen's solo homer to the center, or back-to-back homer.




Kim Ha-sung, who was called up by a fly ball to shortstop in his third at-bat in the top of the fifth inning, scored a single after hitting in the eighth inning when a boring lead of 5-2 continued. Right-hander Orlando also made a line-drive hit in front of right field by pushing a 97.4 mile fastball that flew into the high course outside of Rivalta. It was a hard hit with a batting speed of 99.7 miles.

Kim Ha-sung, who advanced to second base with Harris II's right-handed hit, rushed home when Bruhan hit left-handed after the second and widened the gap to 6-2.

Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense
Atlanta Braves Kim Ha-sung catches Jacob Young's slow grounder with his bare hands in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on the 17th (Korea time). AFP Yonhap News
Kim Ha-sung also made impressive moves in defense and received applause. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Jacob Young, the leadoff hitter, ran forward and caught a slow grounder with his bare hands and accurately threw it to first base. Local broadcasters handled the slow-flowing ball neatly by catching it with their bare hands with quick movements. Fantastic play."

In the second game of the subsequent doubleheader, Kim Ha-sung played as a substitute and scored one hit and one point in two at-bats. Atlanta's 5-0 win. Kim Ha-sung entered Nick Allen's pinch hitter after two outs in the top of the seventh inning and struck out the rookie, but he made a hit in the second at-bat of the 10th inning, contributing to another five-run big inning.

Atlanta, which took a 1-0 lead with a double by leadoff Drake Baldwin at second base with no outs, connected the chance to the first and third bases with Kim Ha-sung hitting a heavy hit after one out. Then, with Profar's walk, Kim Ha-sung advanced to second base and loaded the bases with one out. Olsen hit a triple that flowed along the right-field line and added three more runs to make it 4-0. Ajie Albies then hit a sacrifice fly to seal the game.

Kim Ha-sung enters the batting average of .300 after Atlanta's biggest harvest this year, DH's 3 hits and 3 points, and fantastic defense
Kim Ha-sung hits a heavy hit in the top of the 10th inning in the second game of the doubleheader, and is coming home comfortably when Matt Olsen hits a triple. AP Yonhap News
Atlanta gave up the postseason early on and started preparing for next season. When Kim Ha-sung was released on waivers in the Tampa Bay Rays on the 2nd, Atlanta immediately began recruiting and took over all of his contracts.

The remaining $2 million of this year's $13 million annual salary will be paid, and the player option for next year's $16 million will also be valid. If Kim Ha-sung does not exercise the opt-out, Atlanta shortstop will be Kim Ha-sung next year. For now, the possibility of staying is high, but some predict that Atlanta may propose an extension contract.

MLB.com evaluated that Atlanta's Keystone duo, which recruited Kim Ha-sung, has changed stably in an article titled 'Alvis and Kim Ha-sung's success clearly answers the Braves' middle-in-field problem' the day before.

The media reported that the middle field, which was Atlanta's chronic problem during the 2025 season, is getting answers for the future due to the revival of built-in second baseman Ajie Smith and newly hired Kim Ha-sung. Coach Brian Snitker predicted that he would accept shortstop Kim Ha-sung's system.

"Kim Ha-sung has shown me positive aspects since he came here," Snitker said. His overall performance is truly impressive. He expressed satisfaction, saying, "A solid player who does everything well." Kim Ha-sung is solidly filling the shortstop position, which was considered the most vulnerable position, in offense and defense, so it deserves to be cited as Atlanta's 'maximum harvest' this year.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.