San Diego Padres shortstop Kim Ha-seong has had an up-and-down first half of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, with the possibility of a midseason trade looming during his walk year.
Kim finished the first half of the season batting .226/.327/.375 with 10 home runs and a team-best 18 steals. He is also tied for the team lead with 97 games played, and no Padre has drawn more walks than Kim’s 48.
Kim, the reigning National League (NL) Gold Glove winner at the utility position, has mostly played shortstop, his primary position from 2022. 토토 After Kim played the majority of his games at second base last year while also logging innings at shortstop and third base, the Padres have given him more stability this season.
But he looked uncharacteristically shaky in the early going. He has already committed 10 errors, three more than all of last season.
Kim has been steadier of late. In Outs Above Average, which measures how many outs a player has saved for his team compared with an average fielder, Kim is ninth among all MLB shortstops with +6. Kim ranked seventh among all second basemen last year at +7.
Kim’s batting numbers are down across the board from a season ago, but on a positive note, he is striking out less and walking more than in 2023.
