{"id":2205789,"date":"2025-12-19T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2205789"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:34:25","slug":"padres-land-korean-slugger-sung-mun-song-after-michael-king-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/padres-land-korean-slugger-sung-mun-song-after-michael-king-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres land Korean slugger Sung-Mun Song after Michael King deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Padres grabbed a slugger and a pitcher in short time.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego has agreed to a deal with Korean star infielder Sung-Mun Song on the heels of its three-year, $75 million deal with Michael King, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2002020670511956175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Song, 29, primarily has played third base in the Korean Baseball Organization, although he also has experience at second base and a little at first base.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>The lefty slugger is coming off his two best seasons with Kiwoom, slashing .315\/.387\/.530 with a .917 OPS this past season while adding 26 homers, 90 RBIs and 25 steals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he slashed .340\/.409\/.518 with a .927 OPS. He added 19 homers, 104 RBIs and 21 steals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Before those two breakout seasons, Song had only topped a .700 OPS once. He also had only tallied five career steals before notching 46 over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>For his nine-season career, he\u2019s a .283 hitter with a .779 OPS, while contributing 80 homers.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres are landing him right before his 30-day window to sign is set to expire Dec. 21, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2025\/11\/kbos-kiwoom-heroes-post-infielder-sung-mun-song.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to MLB Trade Rumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37972139\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Song in his load before swinging. <span class=\"credit\">@NationPadres\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Song joins a Padres team that is rumored to be seeking a blockbuster move this offseason after losing to the Cubs in three games in the wild-card round last season.<\/p>\n<p>His best path to playing time is likely at first base, with Manny Machado manning the hot corner and Jake Cronenworth mostly playing second base last season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weaver BOLTS for Queens in another Yankees-Mets SWAP | Back Page Banter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRroA7ZBVxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Padres acquired Ryan O\u2019Hearn at last year\u2019s trade deadline to man first base and he is a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Song could be used more in a reserve role than as a starter, depending on what the Padres do the rest of the offseason.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37972146\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37972146\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/san-diego-padres-starting-pitcher-111555570.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/san-diego-padres-starting-pitcher-111555570.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/san-diego-padres-starting-pitcher-111555570.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>Michael King re-upped with San Diego. <span class=\"credit\">Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>San Diego previously enjoyed success signing another KBO star in Ha-Seong Kim, who finished 14th in NL MVP voting in 2023 and won a Gold Glove.<\/p>\n<p>Before landing Song, the Padres retained a key piece of their rotation by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/18\/sports\/michael-king-agrees-to-three-year-75-million-padres-contract\/\">re-signing King to a three-year deal<\/a> that includes player options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Padres grabbed a slugger and a pitcher in short time. San Diego has agreed to a deal with Korean star infielder Sung-Mun Song on the heels of its three-year, $75 million deal with Michael King, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed. Song, 29, primarily has played third base in the Korean Baseball Organization, although he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2205790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[377382,25866,406821,425734,347943,21848],"class_list":["post-2205789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-michael-king","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-mlb-hot-stove","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Padres-land-Korean-slugger-Sung-Mun-Song-after-Michael-King-deal.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205791,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205789\/revisions\/2205791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}