"I can't believe I missed Kim Ha-sung!" SD 685.4 billion leader was angry. "Are you disappointed with the team's decision? Yes."
"I can't believe I missed Kim Ha-sung!" SD 685.4 billion leader was angry. "Are you disappointed with the team's decision? Yes."
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San Diego Padres Manny Machado (33) expressed regret for the team that sent key players Kim Ha-sung (30) and Jurickson Profar (32).메이저놀이터
The New York Post, a U.S. media outlet, said on the 2nd (Korea time), "Manny Machado seems to have not been impressed by the Padres' offseason so far. When reporters asked about the club's choice of FA players on Saturday, Machado answered somewhat depressingly," in response to San Diego's disappointing offseason.
San Diego is sending its stoves to reduce payrolls this winter without much movement. It failed to catch both Kim Ha-sung, an internal FA, and Profar, let alone recruit from outside. Kim Ha-sung, who had a batting average of 242 (418 hits in 1725 at-bats), 47 homers, 200 RBIs, 229 runs, 78 steals, and OPS.706 in 540 games in the Major League, left the San Diego Padres where he played for four seasons, signing a two-year, 29-million-dollar contract with Tampa Bay. Profar also signed a three-year, 42 million-dollar contract with Atlanta.
Machado is a star player with a batting average of 279 (1,900 hits in 6,809 at-bats) of 342 home runs, 1,049 RBIs, 991 runs and 99 steals in 1,735 games in the Major League. He played for Baltimore and the Dodgers, and signed a 10-year, $300 million (about 437.5 billion won) contract with San Diego after the end of the 2018 season. In February 2023, ahead of the opt-out, he added a five-year, 170 million-dollar extension contract, bringing the total contract to 470 million dollars (about 685.4 billion won) for 15 years. He is currently the clubhouse leader leading the San Diego squad.
Since Machado joined the team, San Diego has advanced to the postseason three times (2020, 2022 and 2024). However, the team failed to win the World Series, and advanced to the 2022 National League Championship Series, which was its best performance.
The San Diego Padres, whose owner Peter Seidler died last year, are reducing payrolls this winter. On top of that, Peter Seidler's wife and siblings are engaged in a legal battle over managerial control, sending the entire team into a chaos. As a result, the team failed to make any meaningful recruitment this winter.
Regarding the departure of Kim Ha-sung and Profar, Machado said, "Are you disappointed that our team didn't make any moves? Yes, we are. As a team, we are a little disappointed that we let some of the players who were part of our core strength go to other teams," adding, "At the end of the day, we can't control such matters. All we can do is be with the remaining players. And we will prepare for a long season."
San Diego is expected to have a challenging season this season. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, rivals of the National League West, have successfully beefed up their power en masse. The Dodgers recruited Sasaki, Blake Snell, Tanner Scott, and Kirby Yates, while the San Francisco Giants recruited Willy Adames.