Oh, my God! #4 Awesome Kim? Kim Ha-sung, who survived Atlanta, is the first four starts since his MLB debut. Ten wins challenge Imanaga and a showdown between Korea and Japan

Sep 09, 2025

Oh, my God! 4 Awesome Kim? Kim Ha-sung, who survived Atlanta, is the first four starts since his MLB debut. Ten wins challenge Imanaga and a showdown between Korea and Japan



Oh, my God! 4 Awesome Kim? Kim Ha-sung, who survived Atlanta, is the first four starts since his MLB debut. Ten wins challenge Imanaga and a showdown between Korea and Japan
'Awesome Kim, take over as the 4th batter'

At this point, you can see how strong Atlanta Braves coach Brian Snitker's trust in Kim Ha-sung is. Since joining the team, Kim Ha-sung, who has shown off his RBI production ability with a come-from-behind three-run and sacrifice fly, has been in charge of the fourth batter.

Kim Ha-sung will start as the fourth batter for the first time since his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut. The central point of the team's attack was concentrated on Kim Ha-sung's bat.




Atlanta unveiled an unconventional starting lineup ahead of the starting game against the Chicago Cubs at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on the morning of the 9th (Korea Standard Time). The other batting order is not much different from the previous day's game against the Seattle Mariners. However, the peculiarity is that Kim Ha-sung is in the fourth batter's seat.

Atlanta consisted of Jurickson Profar (left fielder), Matt Olson (first baseman), Azee Albies (second baseman), Kim Ha-sung (striker), Drake Baldwin (catcher), Ronald Acuna Jr. (right fielder), Michael Harris II (center fielder), Marcel Ozuna (designated hitter) and Nacho Alvarez Jr. (third baseman).

Oh, my God! 4 Awesome Kim? Kim Ha-sung, who survived Atlanta, is the first four starts since his MLB debut. Ten wins challenge Imanaga and a showdown between Korea and Japan
The difference compared to the previous day's game against Seattle is that Kim Ha-sung, who was five times, came up to No. 4, and Baldwin, who was in charge of No. 4, went down one batting order. Acuna Jr. and Harris II also exchanged batting orders with each other.




This can be seen as Snitker's experiment to maximize the team's scoring ability. Atlanta suffered a disastrous 2-18 loss to Seattle in the previous day's game. The batters scored only six hits and two runs. Kim Ha-sung also had no hits and one walk in two at-bats.

Atlanta has no chance of advancing to the postseason this season anyway. He is in fourth place in the Eastern Division of the National League and is far away from the wild card competition. Coach Snitker seems to have used it as No. 4 to understand more about how to use Kim Ha-sung in this situation.

Kim Ha-sung rarely found a sense of hitting in his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays. However, he has a batting average of 0.294 (5 hits in 17 at-bats) with one homer, four RBIs and one run scored in five games since moving to Atlanta. Atlanta initially recruited Kim Ha-sung, who was released from Tampa Bay, to reinforce its weak shortstop offense.




Oh, my God! 4 Awesome Kim? Kim Ha-sung, who survived Atlanta, is the first four starts since his MLB debut. Ten wins challenge Imanaga and a showdown between Korea and Japan
The recruitment effect is immediately appearing. In particular, Kim Ha-sung reported his first RBI since moving to Atlanta with a come-from-behind three-run home run in an away game against the Chicago Cubs on the 4th. The first home run was a come-from-behind three-run, which also won the team. In particular, this was the first home run in Atlanta's shortstop position this year.

Therefore, Coach Snitker took out the "Kim Ha-sung 4th Card" in hopes that Kim Ha-sung would once again show off his long-shot power against the Cubs, where he hit his first home run in Atlanta. Attention is focusing on whether Kim Ha-sung will meet this expectation.

The starting pitcher for the Cubs that Kim Ha-sung should face is Shota Imana, a Japanese pitcher. Imanaga tries to win 10 games of the season against Atlanta. He has played in 21 games this year, recording 9 wins, 6 losses and a 3.15 ERA. Both Kim Ha-sung and Imana cannot back down. Attention is also focusing on the showdown between Korea and Japan over their pride.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.