Tampa Bay, which can be solved after sending out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 player in annual salary, has a sharp rise in PS probability with seven consecutive wins..It's worthwhile to play shortstop as an alternative prospect

Sep 05, 2025

Tampa Bay, which can be solved after sending out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 player in annual salary, has a sharp rise in PS probability with seven consecutive wins..It's worthwhile to play shortstop as an alternative prospect
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Carson Williams puts on a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Steinbrenner Field on the 5th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



Tampa Bay, which can be solved after sending out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 player in annual salary, has a sharp rise in PS probability with seven consecutive wins..It's worthwhile to play shortstop as an alternative prospect
Kim Ha-sung, who moved to Atlanta, hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs on the 4th (Korea time) and is giving high fives with his teammates. ImagesYonhap News
Two teams that declared in late July that they would give up 'October baseball' and are raising 'Hope' by sputtering at the end of the season.

They are the San Francisco Giants in the NL West and the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.

I've seen my grades for the last 15 days. Both teams went on a 10-3 surge in 13 games. San Francisco is a team that Lee Jung-hoo belongs to, and Tampa Bay is a small market team that recently sent out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 salary in the team.




However, Tampa Bay won the first four consecutive home games against the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida on the 5th (Korea time).

Tampa Bay, which marked 71 wins and 69 losses, maintained its fourth place in the AL East, moving up to sixth place with a wild card. It is only two games away from the third-place Seattle Mariners (73 wins and 67 losses).

It's a situation where you can't help but be greedy for autumn baseball. Tampa Bay's chance of advancing to the postseason is 9.2 percent, suggested by FanGraphs. This probability, which was 0.6% on the 28th of last month, rose 8.6 percentage points with seven consecutive wins. It can be said that bringing Seattle home on the 2nd and 4th and sweeping three consecutive games inflated this hope.




Tampa Bay, which can be solved after sending out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 player in annual salary, has a sharp rise in PS probability with seven consecutive wins..It's worthwhile to play shortstop as an alternative prospect
Tampa Bay's new ace, Ryan Pepio. AP Yonhap News
The main player in the victory was starting pitcher Ryan Pepio. He gave up only two walks in five innings and blocked no hit and no run, earning 11 wins (10 losses) in the season. Pepio, who has won five scoreless innings in the last three consecutive games, lowered his ERA from 3.70 to 3.59. Growing up as the ace of Tampa Bay.

He was a top-class prospect in the Dodgers in the third round of the 2019 draft. But all of themJuss dropped outfielders Johnny Deluca and Perio to Tampa Bay in December 2023 to bring in Tyler Glasnow. He threw 130 innings in 26 games last year, showing his potential with 8-8 losses and a 3.60 ERA, and has risen to an ace pitcher this year.

Tampa Bay, which can be solved after sending out Kim Ha-sung, the No. 1 player in annual salary, has a sharp rise in PS probability with seven consecutive wins..It's worthwhile to play shortstop as an alternative prospect
Tampa Bay Christopher Morell is high-fiving his teammates after winning. AP Yonhap News
Tampa Bay scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning with a timely hit by Christopher Morell with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, and added one run to Carson Williams' deep infield hit to the shortstop in the fourth inning. After adding one point in the sixth inning with Josh Lowe's first baseman's fielder's choice with runners on the second and third bases with no outs, Williams' sacrifice bunt with one out and runners on the first and third bases widened the gap to 4-0.




Cleveland recovered two runs in the top of the ninth inning with back-to-back home runs by Jose Ramirez and Kyle Manzardo, but failed to reverse the two-run game.

The Tampa Bay batter who also received attention is shortstop Williams. Kim Ha-sung is a prospect who joined the Atlanta Braves after transferring to the Atlanta Braves after the waiver announcement. On this day, he made one hit and two RBIs in one at-bats with his fast feet and team play, making a brilliant contribution to the victory.

Tampa Bay immediately eased the financial burden by announcing waivers after Kim Ha-sung was released from the injured list (IL) as chances increased that he would not give up his $16 million salary next year. Atlanta, which needed a shortstop, took it right away.

However, since Kim Ha-sung was on the IL, Tampa Bay has recorded 10 wins and 4 losses in 14 games. What a coincidence. At that time, the winning rate was 50% to 8 games short, but now there are 2 more games than wins.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.