San Diego Padres Kim Ha-seong (28) is having an amazing season, but he wasn’t even mentioned as a candidate in the National League MVP prospect.
On the 5th (Korean time), American media CBS Sports predicted major winners such as MVP, Cy Young Award, and Rookie Award. Ronald Acuna Jr. was predicted as the National League MVP.
Acuña Junior is making a big success this season with a batting average of 3.35 li (141 hits in 421 bats), 25 home runs, 64 RBIs, 97 runs scored, 51 stolen bases and an OPS of 1.002 in 106 games this season. According to Baseball Reference, an American baseball statistics site, WAR (War Contribution to Substitutes) is 5.5, ranking first in the National League.토토사이트
CBS Sports said, “The best teams in the league have the best players in the league. Therefore, voting right now would be too easy. Acuna hit 27 doubles, 1 triple and 25 homers while posting a .335/.420/.582 slash line. Here he is with 64 RBI, 97 runs scored, 51 stolen bases and a 5.5 WAR. What more can you ask for from Leadoff, who is leading the league in stolen bases and runs scored with an overwhelming record. Also, in an era of high strikeouts, Acuña Jr. struck out only 59 times,” he explained why he predicted Acuña as the National League MVP.
Freddie Freeman (Dodgers) was selected as the runner-up in MVP voting. CBS Sports said, “Freeman started to put a lot of pressure on his former teammate. He has a .341/.418/.598 slash line and leads the National League in doubles (40), OPS (1.016), OPS+ (170) and bases (256).” Matt Olsen (Atlanta), Luis Arraes (Miami), Mookie Betts (Dodgers), and Juan Soto (San Diego) were mentioned as potential candidates to consider.
Ha-seong Kim, who is second in WAR in the National League after Acuna Junior, was not mentioned in this forecast. Kim Ha-seong, who plays an active role as San Diego’s main second baseman, is in conflict with Acuna Junior, ranking second in WAR (5.4) in the National League. Since his debut in the major leagues, his good defense and batting performance improved to .838 OPS with 15 home runs, 41 RBIs, 60 runs scored, and 22 stolen bases in 104 games with a batting average of 2.8 4 Lee (98 hits in 345 at-bats).
Ha-sung Kim, although not mentioned in this prospect, is getting more and more attention. Fans are highly anticipating whether Ha-seong Kim, who is making an all-time season, will become the third Korean major league player to receive votes in the MVP vote following Shin-soo Choo (2010, 2013) and Hyun-jin Ryu (2019, 2020).