Kim Ha-seong (28‧ San Diego) showed remarkable growth last year, but it seems that there is still a little more to go before being certified as a ‘top class’. He failed to enter the ‘TOP 10’ in the shortstop rankings selected by the Major League Network and promised next year.

The Major League Network announced on the 27th (Korean time) the ‘Top 10 Best Shortstops in Major League Baseball’ using its own projection ‘Shredder’. At this time of year, the Major League Network announces the top 10 players at each position and the top 100 overall. As selection cases have accumulated over 10 years, it has now become an event where you can read the flow of the best players who have dominated the major leagues.

It is Kim Ha-seong, who not only showed off Gold Glove-level defense last year, but also showed scoring production that exceeded the league average in attack. However, there were some disadvantages in the selection criteria for this event. The ‘Shredder’ projection considers the player’s overall performance over the last two years. Ha-seong Kim’s 2022 was excellent, but his performance in 2021 was relatively poor.

In addition, the shortstop position is so full of talented players that it has recently created a number of high-paying players. In fact, 7 of the players in the TOP 10 are players with contracts worth more than 100 million dollars in total, and the rest of the players are also selected as young players who can be treated that way when they go to the free agency market.

Ahead of this season, Trey Turner, who signed an 11-year, $300 million contract with Philadelphia, took first place overall. Turner is a representative hot hitter in the league with a career batting average of 0.302, 124 homers, 434 RBIs, and 230 stolen bases in 849 major league games. He also produced the first 100 RBI-100 scoring season of his career last year.

Second place was chosen by Carlos Correa (Minnesota), who unintentionally heated up the free agent market this year with a physical examination issue. Correa is also strong enough to be offered contracts worth more than $300 million by both the San Francisco and New York Mets. 메이저놀이터

In third place, Ha-sung Kim’s new colleague, Xander Bogarts, was named. Bogaerts signed an 11-year, $280 million contract this offseason and is highly anticipated as San Diego’s new shortstop. He is also the shortstop who has shown the most consistent offense in the league. With the addition of Bogatz, Kim Ha-seong is expected to have more time to settle down at second base rather than shortstop.

In fourth place, Corey Seager, who signed a 10-year, $325 million contract with the Texas Rangers last year, was selected. Seager saved face by hitting 33 home runs in the first year of his transfer, although his batting average (.245) dropped. He moved up one place from 5th last year. Francisco Lindor (New York Mets), who succeeded in recovering his self-esteem to some extent with 26 homers and 107 RBIs last year from a relative slump in 2021, was fifth. Lindor is also a heavyweight who signed a 10-year, $341 million contract with the Mets ahead of the 2021 season.

In sixth place was Dansby Swanson (Chicago Cubs), who won the Gold Glove in the National League shortstop category last year, ahead of Kim Ha-seong. Swanson, who has excellent defense and one-hit power, sat on a cushion of money ahead of this season by signing a seven-year, $177 million contract with the Cubs.

In seventh place is Ryu Hyun-jin’s colleague and Toronto’s Hota Junjok Bo Bichet. Vichet has entered the TOP 10 for three consecutive years and is solidifying his status. 8th place is Willie Adames (Milwaukee), who has hit 56 home runs over the past two years and has shown off his long-running power; It was Wander Franco (Tampa Bay), one of the receiving shortstop prospects.