People have lost their minds where they’re drafting Ha-Seong Kim. Prolly the most obvious overrated guy I’ve seen in some time. Rather than talking about Ha-Seong Kim and why he’s overrated, I think I can just do an Eminem-type rap about Kim. Oh-uh, I feel my rap altar ego, B. Fire, coming on. Watch out haters, here comes the Fire Man!
Are you draftin’ Ha-Seong Kim for runs?
That’s not even a mystery Dum-Dum.
Sucker, that’ll eat you up, Armie Hammer,
You going for steals, flu flammer?
Pitch clock’s got your back, no need to stress,
Mumblin’ around the streets in a nightdress.
Like a scared, worried, Vicki from Mama’s Family,
250 picks before Jung Hoo? That’s cold, lady, call him Kim brr Lee!
So, what can we expect from Ha-Seong Kim for 2024 fantasy baseball and what makes him overrated?
Padres quit already. People know this, right? That’s not the end of all Padres’ values. I don’t think we’re going to see a better team than last year though, right? That feels pretty obvious. They’ve already unloaded Juan Soto. Ha-Seong Kim might actually be traded for all we know. If he’s traded, then that’s going to hurt, not help his runs. He’ll go somewhere, likely, that has a leadoff hitter already. Not many teams trying to get better don’t have a leadoff man already. Even if Ha-Seong Kim stays in San Diego, he had 84 runs last year, when he was leadoff for the majority of the year. Are we really giving him more runs this year? I projected him for less runs in my 2nd basemen rankings, but let’s be optimistic and give him the exact same runs.
Now, he’s average. I mean, his average. His won’t be good. He hit .260 last year, but that was with a .306 BABIP. Seems reasonable, until you see how awful his contact is. His average exit velocity was 86.3 MPH, and that was around what his career marks have been. That’s silly awful. That’s basically a righty hitting a weak grounder to shortstop. If you’re hits are Jamie Moyer fastballs, you’re not going to have a .300 BABIP. I don’t care how fast you are. It’s him and Myles Straw in a weak-man contest. It’s him and Adam Frazier hitting deep flies to short center. It’s him and Dom Smith having the worst Home Run Derby of all-time. Kim hits 86.3 MPH on average with a 13.6 Launch Angle. Forget Ha-Seong, it’s more like Ha-Ha. That’s hideous. Andrew Benintendi’s attorneys called to say they filed a trademark infringement on Kim. You wanna see the ugliest of the ugly?
I just vomited in my mouth, spit it up onto the ground and it spelled out, Overrated. My vomit won’t draft him, but you will? Hold up, my vomit’s got more to say. [vomit spells out ‘Gross’] Let’s check off some of those gross em-effers real fast too, because you might be like, “Well, Kwan and Ruiz have value, right? Arraez isn’t bad for average, is he?” First off, they’re all being drafted way after Ha-Seong Kim. Ruiz is good for 50 steals and he’s going 40 picks after Kim? Um, okay. Arraez is good for .340 and going 80 picks later! Kwan is going 120 picks later! So, there’s that. Also, Ha-Seong Kim is being projected for 16/26/.245 by Steamer and Kwan is 9/19/.282. So, you tell me if Kim is really 120 picks better than that? That’s assuming Kim is even that good! I have my doubts. His power was 11 homers the previous year in 150 games. I won’t quibble over five homers, but his weak contact makes me think 16 homers is high. He went from a 12-steal guy to a 38-steal guy. I know, counting on less steals during the Pitch Clock Era is foolish, but you tweak a quad, and you’re losing 12-15 steals just like that. For where he’s being drafted, with his projected .245 average? He needs to go 20/35. You’re really counting on that? Stamp him schmohawk and draft steals later, you’re welcome!
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