If you say two things, nag! For Kim Ha-sung, a shortstop optimized for ATL, a reasonable price is the key, but 3 years and 73.3 billion won?

Dec 04, 2025

If you say two things, nag! For Kim Ha-sung, a shortstop optimized for ATL, a reasonable price is the key, but 3 years and 73.3 billion won?
Another evaluation came out that the Atlanta Braves are the best match for FA Kim Ha-sung. AFP Yonhap News



If you say two things, nag! For Kim Ha-sung, a shortstop optimized for ATL, a reasonable price is the key, but 3 years and 73.3 billion won?
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Super agent Scott Boras is negotiating on behalf of a significant number of big-name FA this season as well.

At this time last year, Juan Soto was delivered to the New York Mets by signing a 15-year, $765 million contract, the largest ever. It recorded a total of $1.687 billion in agent sales, including Soto, Corbyn Burns ($210 million for six years), and Blake Snell ($182 million for five years).

This off-season also has a spectacular side of its customers. Top-class starter Dylan Sheese has already signed a seven-year, $210 million contract with the Boston Red Sox with Boras at the forefront. Among the remaining FA, most of the players with a market value of more than $100 million are agents.




Kim Ha-sung is also looking for a new contract with Boras at the forefront. In a related development, local media The Athletic columnist Jim Borden ranked Kim Ha-sung eighth in an article titled `The FA Top 10 Rankings with Scott Boras as an agent preparing for a Winter Meeting' on the 4th (Korea time), evaluating that demand is formidable.

Boden said 'Kim Ha-sung is currently in good health and has received tremendous attention from the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers. If both teams sign Kim Ha-sung, they can greatly upgrade their shortstop if their throwing ability is restored.'He also has above-average defense at second and third bases, so more clubs may be interested in him. If the Braves offer a fair contract, I think it is the best club for Kim Ha-sung, he said.

If you say two things, nag! For Kim Ha-sung, a shortstop optimized for ATL, a reasonable price is the key, but 3 years and 73.3 billion won?
Kim Ha-sung has been healthy over the offense and defense in 24 games since his transfer to Atlanta in early September. AP Yonhap News
Boden ranked first baseman Pete Alonso, third baseman Alex Bregman, left-hander Ranger Suarez, outfielder Cody Bellinger, right-hander Tatsuya Imai, right-hander Jack Gallen, first and third basemen Okamoto Kazuma, Kim Ha-sung, right-hander Nick Martinez and right-hander Max Scherzer. From No. 1 Alonso to No. 5 Imai, contracts worth more than $100 million are expected to be offered.




Then, as Borden put it, what are the "appropriate conditions" for Kim Ha-sung. Regarding the size of Kim Ha-sung's FA contract, ESPN offered a second-year player option for $16 million per year, MLBTR offered $30 million (44 billion won) for two years, and The Athletic offered $50 million (73.3 billion won) for three years, respectively. Since Kim Ha-sung gave up his $16 million annual salary player option and became an FA, ESPN's method does not seem appropriate.

Kim Ha-sung, who underwent shoulder surgery in October last year, signed with the Tampa Bay Rays for $29 million '1+1 Year', but Atlanta, who was just looking for a shortstop, made a claim and recruited him after being released on waivers in early September after additional injuries came out after returning in July.

Local media predict that Kim Ha-sung, who has a batting average of 0.253 (22 hits in 87 at-bats), three homers, 12 RBIs, 14 points, and an OPS of 0.684 in 24 games since his transfer, will be able to regain his league average hitting and top-class defense if he is healthy next year.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.