Ha-seong Kim Maintains Second Place

Ha-seong Kim maintains second place overall in major league WAR "Only Ohtani"

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The value of Ha-seong Kim (27), the main infielder of the San Diego Padres, is skyrocketing day after day.

As of the 3rd (Korean time), Kim Ha-seong is tied for 2nd in the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) overall and tied for 1st in the National League (NL) in Baseball Reference.com, ESPN, a baseball statistics site, and ESPN's WAR. there is. 카지노사이트

The only player with a higher figure than Kim Ha-seong, who is recording a WAR of 5.3, is Ohtani Shohei (7.9, Los Angeles Angels), who is rewriting history by playing both pitcher and hitter.

It is the same as Ronald Acuña Jr. (Atlanta Braves) who produces MVP level results.

WAR is an evaluation of how much a player contributed to a team's victory.

In modern baseball, it is used as a key data for player evaluation.

WAR indicates how many more wins he contributed to the team than a general substitute, and it can be judged that Kim Ha-seong won 5 more wins against San Diego.

Baseball Reference evaluates a WAR of 8 or more as an MVP, 5 or more as an All-Star, and 2 or more as a starting player.

Ohtani, Kim Ha-seong, and Acuña Jr. are the only players with a WAR of 5.0 or higher in the MLB this season.

Ohtani has a batting average of 0.307, 39 home runs and 81 runs as a hitter, and a 9-5 record with a 3.43 ERA as a pitcher.

Acuna Jr. leads the team with a .335 batting average, 25 homers and 51 stolen bases.

Looking at a player with a lower WAR than Ha-sung Kim, his position is even more surprising.

Ha-seong Kim, Freddy Freeman (batting average 0.334, 21 home runs, WAR 4.9), who plays an active role as a leading hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, superstar Mookie Betts (Dodgers, batting average 0.310, 16 home runs, WAR 4.8), New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (10 wins) 2 losses, ERA 2.64, WAR 4.7).

In fact, Kim Ha-sung's grades are not that flashy.

He recorded 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 RBI, and 3 runs in 3 at-bats, including a home run, against the Colorado Rockies on the 3rd. raised

His batting average is 8th overall in the NL, he is 10th in on-base percentage (0.380), 15th in OPS, and tied for 7th in steals.

He is performing evenly in each offensive metric, but not at the MVP level.

However, Kim Ha-seong makes up for the lack of hitting by performing at the highest level in the league in defense.

Ha-seong Kim's offensive WAR is 3.8, and his defensive WAR is 1.9 (based on ESPN).

Kim Ha-seong focuses more on team performance than on his individual performance.

He garners a standing ovation from the crowd every day for his hustle play that is not afraid of injury, and he harasses the opposing pitcher with all his concentration at the plate.

Ha-seong Kim is running second overall in the NL with 4.37 pitches per at-bat.

Local experts praise Ha-seong Kim every day.

On the 3rd, reporter AJ Casserbel of MLB.com introduced through his social media, “Ha-seong Kim is the best hitter in almost every way,” and “recording a 5-point WAR with only three players in MLB.”

Sammy Levitt, a caster for the Padres Network, praised Ha-sung Kim, saying, "The only player with a higher WAR than Ha-sung Kim is Ohtani."