Jon Heyman of the New York Post was first to report the Atlanta Braves bringing back Ha-Seong Kim on a one-year, $20 million deal, and Padres fans are allowed to have a weird reaction in two different directions.
First: that should’ve been a Padres reunion… and instead it’s Atlanta.
Second: wait… $20 million for one year? Oh. So this is what the market looks like now.
Braves paying Ha-Seong Kim changes the optics on the Padres’ Xander Bogaerts contract
That’s the sneaky part here: the Braves paid the “there aren’t many shortstops left” tax.