"Are you watching SD?" Kim Ha-sung, who is unshackled, has a positive outlook... "The quality of the qualifying offer is twice as reasonable."
"Are you watching SD?" Kim Ha-sung, who is unshackled, has a positive outlook... "The quality of the qualifying offer is twice as reasonable."
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He has virtually lost his dream of becoming an FA jackpot. Still, some are raising hopes that he will be able to make an interim hit.
ESPN, a U.S. sports media outlet, ranked the top 50 FA players in the Major League on the 6th (Korea time) and predicted the size of the contract. In that ranking, Kim Ha-sung ranked 25th, the middle of the list. The media predicted the size of Kim Ha-sung's contract to be 42.1 million dollars for two years. This is based on the "qualifying offer" of 21.05 million dollars.
The "Qualifying Offer" is a one-year contract offered by the original fastball team to catch FA-qualified players. The amount is determined based on the average annual salary of the top 125 players in the Major League, and $21.05 million was set this year.
MLB.com , the official website of the Major League, revealed the list of 13 players who received qualifying offers on the 5th. Kim Ha-sung was not on the list. San Diego A.J. Preller, the general manager of the San Diego Padres, said in an interview with local media after the end of the season, "I want to bring Kim Ha-sung back," but it did not lead to the proposal of a qualifying offer. He believed that it would be difficult to invest more than 20 million dollars in Kim Ha-sung, who has a question mark when he returns due to a shoulder injury.
"This is a very interesting case," ESPN said of Kim Ha-sung. "He is an above-average defensive shortstop. He has shown above-average hitting and running ability in the league for three consecutive years." "Kim Ha-sung, who underwent shoulder surgery, may have no meaning in a one-year contract or a qualifying offer because it is unclear whether he will play in the early 2025 season. There is no possibility that a five-year, $100 million or more contract, which was expected before the 2024 season, will come from this stove league," he said, explaining that his injury has virtually made it difficult to sign a long-term contract. 메이저사이트
The media predicted Kim Ha-sung's FA contract, saying, "Since Scott Boras was recently hired as an agent, the negotiations are expected to continue until late if the diagnosis of the shoulder becomes clearer."
The evaluation of Kim Ha-sung, the FA, which had a negative outlook right after the end of the season, has been gradually changing into a positive atmosphere recently. Starting with the five-year $63 million (about 86.7 billion won) forecast of "Spotting News" on October 14, "Blitzer Report" was expected to be $49 million (about 67.4 billion won) for four years, and Jim Bowden, a former general manager of "The Athletic," expected Kim Ha-sung's FA contract to be $10 million (about 13.8 billion won) for a year. It is around $10 million to $12 million (about 13.8 billion to 16.6 billion won) annually, not much different from the $8 million (about 11.1 billion won) annual salary that Kim Ha-sung would have received if he remained without opting out.
In November, there are more hopeful prospects than that. On the 4th, Tim Britton of "The Athletic" predicted the size of Kim Ha-sung's FA contract to be $36 million for two years (about 49.7 billion won). It is a generous one among the recent forecasts, with an annual average of $18 million (about 24.8 billion won). Then, ESPN's annual average of $21 million is expected to be around $20 million.
Blake Snell ($62 million for two years) and Matt Chapman ($54 million for three years), who were customers of "super agent" Boras in the last Stove League, signed short-term contracts and set opt-out conditions. Jordan Montgomery also signed a one-year ($25 million) contract. It remains to be seen whether Kim Ha-sung will sign a similar FA contract, which will increase the annual average amount and shorten the contract due to the Boras effect.