ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Infielder Ha-Seong Kim and the Tampa Bay Rays finalized a $29 million, two-year contract on Monday.

Ha-Seong Kim played his first four seasons in the majors with the San Diego Padres and won a Gold Glove in 2023.

Infielder Ha-Seong Kim and the Tampa Bay Rays finalized a two-year, $29 million contract on Monday. Kim, who played his first ...

Giving Kim the opt-out allows him, if he returns healthy and plays really well in 2025, to go right back on the market. Then-San Diego Padres shortstop Ha-Seong Kim, top, throws over the Colorado ...

The San Diego Padres had their annual Fan Fest Saturday ... With yet another departure in Ha-Seong Kim this offseason, it's no surprise Xander Bogaerts will return to the position he is most ...

Veteran catcher Kyle Higashioka, left-handed pitcher Martín Pérez and Gold Glove infielder Ha-Seong Kim all departed as well. The Padres were one win away from reaching the NLCS last October ...

Bogaerts has played shortstop throughout the majority of his career, but he moved to 2nd base at the start of the 2024 season because the Padres wanted Ha-Seong Kim in the lineup at shortstop.

If that was not enough, their defense took a major hit, as their 2023 Gold Glove Award-winning shortstop Ha-Seong Kim joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The Padres’ already thin depth chart at catcher became ...

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell's Padres Beat newsletter ... The move had been largely expected, particularly in the wake of free agent Ha-Seong Kim's decision SAN DIEGO -- Another spring, ...