Kim Ha-sung, who is showing an amazing performance in the San Diego Padres this season.

Kim Ha-sung (28, San Diego Padres) is written and read as “cost-effectiveness.”

What is surprising about Kim Ha-sung’s performance this season is his low salary. According to Sporttrack, a website specializing in sports salaries, Kim Ha-sung’s annual salary this year is $7 million (9.2 billion won). He is tied for 211st in the Major League Baseball (MLB) and tied for 8th with Azi Albies (Atlanta Braves) if he narrows his range to second base. Among MLB second baseman, Jose Altuve (Houston Astros) and Marcus Simian (Texas Rangers) are paid 29 million dollars (38.2 billion won) and 26 million dollars (34.2 billion won), respectively.

Kim Ha-sung’s cost-effectiveness is revealed in the WAR (contribution to victory over substitute players) figure. The higher the WAR, the better it is to see how many more wins the team has won than the league average. According to the MLB statistics website Baseball Reference, Kim Ha-sung’s WAR is 5.9 as of the 14th (Korea Standard Time), ranking first in the National League (NL). Ronald Acuna Jr. (Atlanta), who has achieved 50 steals in the MLB season in the past six years, is tied at 5.9, but is ahead of the decimal point. Acuna Jr. is currently a candidate for the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in MLB history, challenging Jose Canseco in 1988, Barry Bonds in 1996, Alex Rodriguez in 1998, and Alfonso Soriano in 2006. His annual salary this year is 17 million dollars (22.4 billion won), more than double that of Kim Ha-sung.

Only Ohtani Shohei (LA Angels) has a higher WAR than Kim Ha-sung in MLB. Otani’s WAR, which plays as both a pitcher and a batter, stands out the most among the “general players” who focus on one role on 9.2. Among the top 10 players in the WAR, only Wander Franco (Tampa Bay Race, WAR 5.4) and Kim Ha-sung have an annual salary of less than 10 million dollars (13.2 billion won). Considering that MLB evaluates the value of 1 WAR at an annual salary of 7 million dollars to 8 million dollars (9.2 billion won to 10.5 billion won), Kim Ha-sung’s conversion value reaches 40 million dollars (52.5 billion won). Kim Ha-sung has played in 113 games this season and has a batting average of 0.286 (109 hits in 381 at-bats) with 15 home runs and 42 RBIs.

Due to the team’s circumstances, his performance stands out even more. San Diego’s total annual salary this season easily exceeds $240 million (316.1 billion won). The team has the third highest annual salary after the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. In particular, there are four high-paying people (Zander Bogart, Darvish Yu, Juan Soto, and Joe Musgrove) who receive more than $20 million (KRW 26.4 billion). Kim Ha-sung, who has “low salary and high efficiency,” adds flexibility to the operation of the team.

MLB, the official website of MLB, released the results of the MVP mock vote on the 9th and shared the news of Kim Ha-sung’s vote. Acuna Jr. topped the NL with overwhelming votes, followed by Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts (LA Dodgers) and Matt Olson (Atlanta). Kim Ha-sung was recognized for his value by putting his name on the “vote list” along with Luis Araes (Miami Marlins), who is challenging a .400 batting average. Even before the opening, he did not receive much attention, but his view of him has changed considerably. The San Diego Union-Tribune, a local newspaper, recently praised Kim Ha-sung, saying, “Kim Ha-sung deserves all the praise.” 토토사이트