Better than Ohtani, 'Ballnet No.5' FA Huge Reservation Among ML Monsters

By the 1st (Korea time), Kim Ha-sung had 47 walks this season, tying for fifth in the Major League with Mookie Betts (LA Dodgers) and Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies). Only Juan Soto (71 New York Yankees), Aaron Judge (61 Yankees), Kyle Schwarber (59 Philadelphia Phillies) and Freddie Freeman (49) are on top of Kim Ha-sung.

Sluggers such as Gunner Henderson (46 Baltimore Orioles), Kyle Seager (46 Houston Astros), Shohei Ohtani (45 Dodgers), and Ian Hep (45 Chicago Cubs), who are tied for 10th, are also below Kim Ha-sung. Among the 11 players included in the "Top 10" walk, Kim Ha-sung (.388) is the only player who does not exceed the .400 slugging rate.

A walk is usually a type of slugger or a record that long hitters earn a lot. It is difficult for pitchers to enter the game easily due to the burden of long balls, and they often give walks due to a lot of balls that deviate from the zone while carefully competing. It is noteworthy that Kim Ha-sung drew this much walks purely with his "eye" among the big guns that hit many home runs. Kim Ha-sung also has one shot, hitting 10 home runs this year, following 17 last year, but he is not a typical big gun style. He also recorded 145 at-bats in 35 games this year, but Kim Ha-sung's ability to walk is all the more remarkable in that he had a high proportion of low-ranking hitters with 196 at-bats in 51 games in the 7-9 batting order.

Basically, he is the type who doggedly harasses pitchers. With 4.1 pitches per bat, he ranks 25th out of 146 batters at bat, ranking in the top 17.1 percent. He does not swing easily either. His swing ratio is 36.9 percent, the third lowest after Soto (36.5 percent) and Jonathan India (36.6 percent).

Although the strike zone swing rate is the lowest at 54.2%, the bat does not easily follow the ball out of the zone. With a 21.1% swing rate in the out zone, it is the third lowest after Luis Arraez (San Diego-2.2%) and Yandy Diaz (Tampa Bay Rays, 18.4%).

Originally, Kim Ha-sung was not such an eyeball player. During the seven years of the 2014-2020 KBO League Kiwoom Heroes, the overall walk rate was 10.4%, ranking 10th in the league during the same period, but he recorded 7.4% in 2021 and 8.8% in 2022.

However, his walk rate rose to 12.0 percent last year when he was the first hitter, before rising further to 13.8 percent this year. Choo Shin-soo (SSG Landers), who has the most 218 home runs in Asia in the Major League, also had a higher walk rate than Kim Ha-sung in 2013 (15.7 percent) and 2018 (13.83 percent) in terms of his batting average this year.

With his best performance in baseball, Kim has posted a batting average of .288 (66 hits in 289 times at bat), 10 homers, 38 RBIs, 45 runs scored, 47 walks, 52 strikeouts, and 15 steals in 86 games this season, with a .336 slugging percentage of .388 OPS.724. His batting average is low, but his on-base percentage is more than 10 percent higher than his, and his OPS is maintaining a steady level of .700. This is the result of his ability to get on base in mid- to long-distance batting.

Kim Ha-sung's eye baseball is a factor that will be highly evaluated in the FA market after the season. Batters who are the starting pitchers do not collapse easily. Even if a batting slump occurs, you can maintain productivity by taking a short period of time and maintaining steady on-base. If such a batter is in a premium position of shortstop, its value will inevitably be higher.토토사이트넷

Among prospective FA shortstop players, Willy Adames of the Milwaukee Brewers, who is the same age as Kim Ha-sung, is competing for the most valuable player. Adames has a batting average of 2,299 (73 hits in 319 times at bat) in 84 games this season, 13 homers, 54 RBIs, 43 walks, and 77 strikeouts, with a .321 slugging rate of .408 OPS.728. His slugging power is better than that of Kim Ha-sung, but his batting eye is slightly inferior to that of his predecessor. In shortstop defense, Adames has a six-point advantage over Kim Ha-sung (4) in the OAA (Outs Above Average) index, which is an indicator of out handling against average.