San Diego Padres, a major league baseball player in the US pro baseball team, who signed infielder Kim Ha-sung (26), are being evaluated as a candidate to win.
San Diego local media San Diego Union-Tribune published a column on the morning of the 3rd (Korean time) stating that “San Diego can win the World Series.” The media said, “San Diego can now go to the World Series without buying a ticket. Not only that, you can also win the World Series. It may sound strange, but it is possible.”
Founded in 1969, San Diego has not yet won the World Series. In San Diego, the world series runner-up in 1984 and 1998 was the best. Last year, he was second in the National League’s western division and made it to the postseason 14 years after 2006, but lost to the LA Dodgers in the Division Series.
However, San Diego has a strong history of winning through aggressive recruitment moves, such as recruiting two aces representing the league together with Kim Ha-sung this winter. On the 1st, Ha-sung Kim signed a contract with San Diego for 4+1 years, up to $39 million (about 42.4 billion won). It is guaranteed to be $28 million over four years, up to $32 million with options. Mutual options are at stake in 2025, and up to $39 million when the options are implemented. Snell is the 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner during the Tampa Bay race, and Darvish is the ace who wore the Chicago Cubs last year and finished second in the National League Cy Young Vote.
The media said, “San Diego has brought Snell and Darvish. The coveted Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong was also signed. I haven’t lost many prospects.” In addition, the media added, “Other clubs are not showing much movement in Stove League,” and added that “San Diego is not a small market, but a large store.”
On the other hand, Kim Ha-sung released a photo taken with Petco Park in the background through his SNS. Ha-seong Kim entered Korea through Incheon Airport on the 2nd. Ha-seong Kim plans to digest his personal schedule after going through self-isolation for two weeks according to the guidelines for quarantine against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
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