‘A huge contract is visible’ Kim Ha-seong, who is about to become a free agent, recorded

San Diego Padres Kim Ha-sung scored a hit again in the exhibition game to boost his batting sense.

Kim Ha-sung started as the fifth shortstop in the spring training exhibition game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium in Peoria, Arizona on the 12th (Korea time) and recorded one hit, one run and one stolen base in two at-bats.

For San Diego, Xander Bogaerts (second baseman) - Fernando Tatis Jr. (right fielder) - Jake Cronenworth (first baseman) - Manny Machado (designated hitter) - Kim Ha-sung (striker) - Graham Foley (third baseman) - Luis Campano (catcher) - Jurickson Profar (left fielder) - and Jackson Merrill (center field) formed the starting lineup.

Seattle's starting pitcher was Logan Gilbert. Gilbert, who joined Seattle with a first-round (14th) pick in the 2018 rookie draft, is a right-hander who went 32-18 with a 3.76 ERA in 88 MLB games (495 innings). Last season, he went 13-7 with a 3.73 ERA in 32 appearances (190 innings).

Taking the batter's box for the first time with one out in the top of the second inning, Kim hit a pitch from Gilbert but grounded out to third base. However, San Diego took a 3-1 lead in the third inning when Seattle tied the game 1-1 with Merrill's single, Bogaerts' walk, Cronenworth's walk, and Machado's two RBIs. Kim took his second at-bat with runners on the first and third bases with one out, and this time, he hit an RBI sacrifice fly against Gilbert to score an RBI single.

Kim Ha-sung, who came to the plate for the third time with two outs in the fifth inning when San Diego led 5-1, hit a hit against reliever Austin Boss. He then stole second base and created a chance to score second base with two outs, but follow-up batter Polly hit a ground ball to second base and did not lead to a score.

Kim Ha-sung finished the game by replacing defender Tyler Wade in the bottom of the sixth inning when San Diego led 8-3. Kim Ha-sung, who had been silent with no hits in three at-bats against the White Sox on the 10th, increased his exhibition game performance to 3.55 (7 hits in 20 at-bats) in nine games, one home run, four RBIs and three runs. He made three steals and raised his OPS to 1.040.

Kim Ha-sung, who signed a four-year contract worth 28 million U.S. dollars with the San Diego Padres, has a batting average of 0.245 (324 hits in 1,322) with 36 homers, 153 RBIs, 169 runs scored, and 56 steals in 419 games with an OPS of 0.708. He had the best season with a batting average of 0.206 (140 hits in 538 at-bats) with 17 homers, 60 RBIs, 84 runs scored, and 38 steals with an OPS of 0.749, in 152 games last season. He showed top-class defense in all positions in the league except for the first baseman, and won the National League Gold Glove Award in the utility category. He is the first Korean player and the first Asian infielder to win the Gold Glove Award.

Kim Ha-sung, whose guarantee contract with San Diego expires at the end of this season, has a mutual option worth $8 million (about 10.5 billion won) left in 2025, but he is likely not to exercise it. If he does not exercise the option, Kim Ha-sung will qualify as the first free agent (FA). U.S. media predict that Kim Ha-sung will win a contract worth more than $100 million (about 131.4 billion won). Ahead of the important season, Kim Ha-sung is hitting hard in exhibition games, raising the possibility of a large contract.토토사이트웹

The exhibition game "Last Place Team" won for the first time in four years, winning for th

To what extent can we predict the regular season rankings based on the results of exhibition games? It is possible to draw a rough picture, but it is difficult to make predictions with high probability. The attitude toward exhibition games varies depending on the situation a team is in. Most teams see it as a preparatory stage to speed up the opening game rather than a victory or defeat. Also, during the pennant race, where each team plays 144 games over a period of six months, various variables play a role, including player injuries.

The Kiwoom Heroes recorded a winning rate of 388 in last year's exhibition games. They finished last among the 10 teams with four wins, one draw, and nine losses. The regular season also ended in last place. It stayed in the middle ranks until June, but fell. Major players, including Lee Jung-hoo, left the team due to injuries. The poor performance of the foreign players was disappointing.

The teams that performed well in the exhibition games were not much different. The Hanwha Eagles, the top team in the exhibition game in 2023, managed to break out of the last place with difficulty. They finished the season in ninth place, 1.5 games ahead of the Heroes. With three games left, Hanwha fell to 10th place after being behind the Heroes in winning percentage. The Samsung Lions, the second-place team in the exhibition game, finished the season in eighth place.

The Hanshin Tigers, the winner of last year's Central League and Japan Series. In an exhibition game in 2023, they won 8-9. They finished eighth among the 12 teams in both leagues, but rebounded from the pennant race. They topped the league for the first time in 18 years and lifted the Japan Series trophy for the first time in 38 years. In the Japan Series, they beat the Orix Buffaloes, who won three consecutive Pacific League titles.

Hanshin is the talk of the town in this year's exhibition game. The previous year's championship team lost nine consecutive games from the opening game. The team ranks 11th in both categories with a batting average of 0.205 and an earned run average of 3.55. Thirteen errors were made in nine games. In a match against the Yakult Swallows on Sunday, he made four errors in the eighth inning. He lost after giving up six runs in the eighth inning. The team continued to do well until the middle but collapse in the second half.

Hanshin was humiliated at Koshien Stadium, its home stadium, on the 10th. The team lost to its "hostile" Yomiuri 4-5 in front of 41,129 spectators, the largest number ever in exhibition games. It has lost nine consecutive games. It was its last home game before the start of the regular season.

No matter how much it's an exhibition game, it's a losing streak that you can't help but worry about.

Director Akinobu Okada, I Hanshin. You can't be happy. His expression hardens as he has lost consecutive games, and he seems to be trying not to dwell on the results. In an interview with Japanese media on the 11th, he said, "Winning and losing are not important."

Until now, Hanshin players had played without signing benches. The coaching staff left the game to the players. Okada said, "As previously announced, I will sign autographs and play on the 15th, when there are eight more games to go."

Okada also stressed that exhibition game performance does not necessarily lead to regular season performance. He mentioned a recent case.

In the past four years since 2020, the last team in the exhibition game has won three times. In 2020 Yomiuri and 2021-2022, Yakult came out on top of the league, finishing 12th out of 12 teams in both leagues. In 2020, Yomiuri had two wins, four draws and 10 losses, Yakult had three wins, one draw and nine losses in 2021, and four wins, two draws and 11 losses in 2022.

In last year's exhibition game, the 12th-ranked Hiroshima Carp played "Autumn Baseball" in second place in the Central League, and the 11th-ranked Yokohama BayStars played third.

According to last year's results, if the exhibition game performance is good, I will be rather anxious.

Hanshin will play two consecutive away games against the Chiba Lotte Marines on the 12th and 13th. Okada said he will sign autographs starting with the away game between the Chunichi Dragons and Nagoya on the 15th.안전놀이터

Woods returns from injury and participates in the PNC Championship with his son Charlie... Opens on

'Golf Emperor' returned from injury Tiger Woods challenges for the championship with his son Charlie . 토토사이트웹

Woods will participate in the PNC Championship (total prize money of $1.085 million), which will be held for two days starting on the 16th (local time) at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club (par 72) in Orlando, Florida.

The PNC Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event, is a competition in which professional players compete in groups of two with their families.

This is a competition in which a total of 20 teams compete, and you must have experience winning a major competition or the Players Championship to participate.

It is played over 36 holes, and each player hits a shot, then selects the ball that hit better and plays the next shot from that spot.

Woods is participating in this tournament with his son Charlie for the fourth year in a row. He finished 7th in 2020, runner-up in 2021, and 8th in 2022.

This year's tournament is Woods' second tournament since undergoing ankle surgery.

Woods underwent surgery after withdrawing from the Masters in April due to ankle pain, and returned to the field through the Hero World Challenge earlier this month.

Woods finished his comeback in 18th place out of 20 participating players with a final total of even par of 288 strokes.

Woods, who was satisfied that “I got rid of the rust that had been there,” expressed his anticipation for the PNC Championship, saying, “It is an amazing gift to be able to share my love of golf with my son.”

Last year's winner, Vijay Singh (Fiji), will defend his title with his son Kas Singh.

'Golf Empress' Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) will participate with her son Will McGee, and Nellie Korda (USA), ranked 5th in the world of women's golf, will participate with her father Petr, who was a tennis player.

'Newcomer Appointment Statement' 2024 Carrier Air Conditioning MTN Rookie Championship opens on the

Ahead of the opening of the 2024 Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour regular season, a competition will be held to check the skills of the rookies.

The '2024 Carrier Air Conditioning MTN Rookie Championship' will be held at Karambunai Country Club in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia for 8 days from the 13th.

The 'Rookie Championship' is a competition for new talent that has been continuing its tradition for 11 years. Promising new players compete fiercely in Kota Kinabalu, which boasts a natural environment. 안전놀이터

The 'Rookie Championship' has been considered a stage of opportunity and challenge for Korean female golf players. Players who won this tournament have performed excellently on the KLPGA tour, serving as a venue for discovering new players. Players who are currently top players on the KLPGA tour, including Lim Hee-jung , Lee Da-yeon , Jo A-yeon , and Lee So-young , participated and tested their skills.

In this tournament, a total of 12 players, including players ranked within the top 20 in the 2023 Dream Tour prize money rankings and those who competed in the regular tour seeding match, also known as 'Hell's Race', will participate in a fierce battle for the championship.

Participating players include Lee Dong-eun (11th in Dream Tour prize money ranking), a member of the 2022 national team, Lee Seon-yeong2 (12th in Dream Tour prize money ranking), who boasts a long hit, and Kang Ga-yul (seed match), who secured a full seed in 2024 after a long challenge. 12th place). Soo-yeon Lee 2 (16th in the seed match), Bomi Kim 3, Seol-hwi Park, Da-eun Kim 2, Hae-in Kim, A-reum Han, Hye-won Choi, Seung-hee Jeon, and Chae-ri Lim will participate.

The format of the game is 1:1 match play between 12 participating players to determine the 6 quarterfinalists, and the 6 losing players go through a loser revival match (stroke play), and only the top 2 players join the quarterfinals tournament.

Afterwards, the champion will be decided through the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals in match play format.

Here, the 'supporter system' is expected to add fun to the game. Participating players can freely select a support player, and once nominated, they take on the role of caddy for that player. There is also a lot of interest in the players who will show the best chemistry.

Meanwhile, the '2024 Carrier Air Conditioning MTN Rookie Championship' will be broadcast a total of 13 times through SBS Golf and Money Today Broadcasting (MTN) starting in January 2024.

The incredible basketball enthusiasm of Filipino fans surprised even Abando.

‘Philippine national team member’ Lens Abando ( Jeong Kwan-jang) was like an idol to Philippine basketball fans.

Anyang Jeonggwanjang defeated Philippine PBA's TNT Tropang Giga 105-97 in the '2023-24 Season East Asian Super League (EASL) Group A Preliminary' held at Anyang Gymnasium on the 6th. Cheong Kwan Jang maintained second place in the group with 2 wins, following Chiba Jets (3 wins). TNT recorded 4 losses without a win.

For Abando, a member of the Philippine national team, playing against the Philippine professional team was very meaningful. Coincidentally, TNT's general manager Cho Reyes also serves as the head coach of the Philippine national team. His performance on this day was important for Abando to continue to be selected for the Philippine national team.

Filipino fans living in Korea also visited the stadium in large numbers. It was the result of promotion by the CheongKwanJang club and EASL together with the Philippine Embassy. Due to the influence of Abando, many Filipino fans were seen wearing Cheong Kwan Jang uniforms.

Abando, who had only 4 points in the first half, worked hard in the second half and scored a total of 13 points. Abando also took on the role of stopping Darryl Monroe when he got excited and collided with the Philippine bench at the end of the fourth quarter. He was truly a public relations ambassador for Korea.

It was even more amazing after the game. Many Filipino fans flocked to the court to take pictures with Abando. Compared to the Philippines, where basketball fever is huge, Korea was a relatively good environment for fans to take pictures with the players. Abando kindly provided fan service. 토토사이트웹

Regarding the enthusiasm of Filipino fans, Abando said, “I thought Anyang was the Philippines. “I didn’t think many fans would come because it was a Wednesday afternoon game, but I was thankful that many fans came to the basketball court right after work,” he said, unable to hide his smile.

It is usually difficult to watch KBL games because there is no official broadcast in the Philippines. However, EASL matches were broadcast live throughout the Philippines. It was an opportunity for Abando to show his family what he was capable of.

Abando said, “That’s right. I worked harder to be broadcast in the Philippines. It is usually difficult to watch KBL games in the Philippines. So my family also searches the Internet. “I hope KBL Gyeonggi can be viewed comfortably on YouTube,” he said, urging the globalization of KBL.

The enthusiasm of Filipino fans was beyond imagination. Some fans gathered around the bus to watch the TNT players return home after the game. Even though they lost the game, the attitude of the Filipino professional players who served the fans until the end was also impressive.

For Philippine basketball fans, Abando, a member of the national team, was a source of pride. We were able to confirm that there are many Filipino fans in Korea as well. In the future, KBL will also need to use Filipino players such as Abando to conduct marketing and promotional activities that can appeal to Filipino basketball fans.