"English tutoring twice a week." Kim Hye Sung is so serious about going to ML... "I have an interpreter because I'm Otani. I need to be good at English."

"English tutoring twice a week." Kim Hye Sung is so serious about going to ML... "I have an interpreter because I'm Otani. I need to be good at English."

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Kim Hye-sung (25) of the Keum Heroes is heading for a new challenge in baseball. To this end, she is taking advice from people around her and studying English.
Kim Hye-sung won the second baseman's defense prize at the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 26th.

The KBO defensive award, which is given to players in each position who showed the best defensive ability in the regular season, was first established in the 2023 season. The winner was decided by adding up 75% of the voting score and 25% of the defensive record score, which are determined by a total of 110 votes, including nine coaches and heads of each club.

At the second defense award this year, Kim Hye-sung scored a total of 91.07 points with 75 voting points and 16.07 defensive record points, beating Shin Min-jae (83.93 points) and Park Min-woo (58.93 points) to become the winner of the second baseman category for the second consecutive year.

After winning the award, Kim Hye-sung said, "I thought it was the most important thing while playing baseball, and I really wanted to receive it, but I'm happy to take over last year. I'm going to attack alone, but I'm not going to defend alone because nine players are going out. I'm grateful to the Kiwoom players who played with me."

Since joining the Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom) in 2017, Kim has played in a total of 953 games for eight seasons and posted a batting average of 0.304, 37 homers, 386 RBIs and an OPS of 0.767. In the 2024 season, he played in 127 games and recorded 0.326, 11 homers, 75 RBIs and 30 steals (six failed) with an OPS of 0.841. He has continued to display his batting skills by posting a batting average of 300 for four consecutive years.

Kim already announced her bid to become a major league player ahead of the 2024 season. Kiwoom has already allowed Kim to join the big league. In June, she signed an agent contract with CAA Sports, the agency of world-renowned baseball star Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers).
After the end of the season, Kim is constantly preparing to advance to the U.S. "Now, I don't talk about details, but when we had the meeting, I only talked about the fact that we had a conversation in one team or another," Kim told reporters after the ceremony.

Kim Hye-sung, who previously received an identity check from the Major League Baseball secretariat at the end of October, is now only about to apply for posting. "I think we'll do it soon," he said. "Since we have 30 days to apply, I understand that we're going to do a winter meeting in the U.S. soon."

"I'm not invincible yet," Kim Hye-sung said while smiling, "I think I can feel it now." "The posting time is here, and it's an important 30 days now," he said. "I'm very nervous as the period is approaching." He said he will move to the U.S. after applying for posting, and said, "I'll work out there and build my body."

Studying English is a must in order to advance to the U.S. Kim Hye-sung, who takes tutoring twice a week for an hour, confessed, "I study but I don't." "My brain... I'm glad I played baseball," Kim said, adding, "It's not possible yet, and I can even order food at a restaurant." When asked if Otani has an interpreter, she said, "That's Otani, and I have to be good at English."

Currently, there are a lot of comments about Kim's destination in the U.S. John Morosi of MLB Network visited Taipei, Taiwan, to comment on the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 Super Round, and told Korean reporters that Seattle is showing interest in Kim. 메이저놀이터 "I heard that's not important before the Winter meeting. That's why I don't really care," said Kim, who read related articles.
Kim Ha-sung (29), a Kiwoom senior, and Lee Jung-hoo (26, San Francisco) are currently playing in the Major League. Kim Hye-sung said that he met Lee Jung-hoo and had a meal together through Kim Ha-sung's recent contact. "I asked questions, and Ha-sung said a lot of good things first," he said. "I was advised to carry a Korean lunch box because I could get a bite from my meal. Ha-sung also lost 8-9 kilograms of weight."

If the terms of the contract are not good, what choice will they make? "I haven't thought of anything else," Kim said. "Now, I want to go to the Major League and I'm dreaming of it, so I think they will think about it no matter what."