Ha-seong Kim (27, San Diego) was the only Korean player to be named in the ‘Top 10’ by position in the first tally of the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) 2023 All-Star fan vote.

Kim Ha-seong received 82,879 votes in the middle of the voting announced by the MLB Secretariat on the 13th and ranked ninth in the National League (NL) second baseman category. Luis Arraes (Miami Marlins) took first place with 509,092 votes.스포츠토토

Kim Ha-seong, who has a batting average of 0.241, 5 homers and 11 stolen bases in 61 games this season, is continuing his performance that is not revealed in the record, especially with his stable defense.

A total of four Korean players have participated in the MLB All-Star Game.

Starting with Park Chan-ho in 2001, Kim Byeong-hyeon (2002), Choo Shin-soo (2018), and Ryu Hyun-jin (2019) started the All-Star Game.

Last year, Choi Ji-man (Tampa Bay Rays at the time) challenged, but after finishing 9th in the American League (AL) first baseman category, he was not selected as a manager’s recommended player.

Meanwhile, the first place in the AL was “baseball genius” Ohtani Shohei (LA Angels), who drew 924,182 votes in the designated hitter category.

The final 1st place player in each category of All-Star fan voting will be selected as the starting player for the 2023 All-Star Game held at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA at 9:00 am on the 12th of next month.