"Kim Hye-sung, 3 teams in fierce competition... It'll be cheap." US SI Forecast
"Kim Hye-sung, 3 teams in fierce competition... It'll be cheap." US SI Forecast
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The U.S. media reported that three major league clubs are fiercely competing for Kim Hye-sung.
Sports Illustrated (SI) is one of the three teams that the Seattle Mariners have expressed great interest in Kim Hye-sung on the 26th (Korea time). Seattle, the Los Angeles Angels and the San Diego Padres are fiercely competing for Kim Hye-sung from the KBO League.
Infield utility player Kim Hye-sung applied for Major League posting on the 4th.
KBO officially announced on the 4th that it had requested the MLB Secretariat to post Kim Hye-sung to 30 MLB clubs at the request of the Kiwoom Heroes club.
Negotiations can take place for 30 days. The time difference is 14 hours from 8 a.m. on Jan. 5 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, 2016 in Eastern Standard Time. It runs until 7 a.m. on Jan. 4 in Korean time.
"There is only about a week left until the contract deadline. Seattle showed great interest in Kim from the beginning," SI said.
SI said, "Seattle is empty at first base, second base and third base. Kim Hye-sung is a center fielder. His experience will provide strong defense capability at second base. In addition, the batters are expected to provide consistent guessing ability at the bottom of the lineup."
"Kim Hye-sung's ransom will be low. Kim Hye-sung may be suitable for Seattle's situation where he wants between $15 million and $20 million. Kim Hye-sung will sign a three-year, $24 million contract," he predicted.
The Major League's official website, MLB.com , also highlighted Kim's profile in detail.
MLB.com said, "Kim Hye-sung has a batting average of 0.304 on-base percentage for eight seasons with the Kiwoom Heroes. He has recorded more than 20 stolen bases in the past seven seasons. He also had 46 steals in 2021. Left-handed batter Kim Hye-sung had 11 homers and 30 steals, with a batting average of 0.326 on-base percentage of 0.383 slugging percentage of 0.458 this season." 메이저놀이터
She also emphasized Kim's defense capability. MLB.com praised her for being a strong centerline defender who won the Golden Glove 2nd baseman in 2022 and 2023 and the Golden Glove at shortstop in 2021.