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Song, 29, has broken out in a big way over his last two seasons playing for the KBO\u2019s Kiwoom Heroes. After typically being a slightly below average hitter by that league\u2019s standards in the early years of his career, Song exploded with a .340\/.408\/.518 (143 wRC+) slash line across 602 plate appearances during the 2024 season. He flashed 20\/20 potential at the plate and walked at a career-high 10.6% clip while primarily playing third base for the Heroes. He followed up on that season with an even better year in 2025, as he slashed .315\/.387\/.530 (151 wRC+) with 26 homers, 25 steals, and 37 doubles in 646 trips to the plate.<\/p>\n
Those dominant back-to-back campaigns in the KBO league were enough to convince Song to try his hand in the majors, and the Heroes made Song\u2019s goal a reality when they posted him for MLB clubs<\/a> last month. That opened a 30-day window (set to close on the 21st of December) for Song to negotiate with MLB clubs. Song has typically been viewed by scouts as a step below MLB Gold Glove winner Ha-Seong Kim<\/a><\/strong>, the best South Korean player to make the jump to the majors in recent years, and there\u2019s been some debate about whether he\u2019s more of a utility player or a proper starter at the big league level.<\/p>\n Song\u2019s reported price tag is certainly affordable enough for the Padres to stomach in the event he\u2019s more of a bench piece than a regular. A multi-year pact that pays Song less than $5MM annually figures to be quite affordable for San Diego; Jose Iglesias<\/a><\/strong> earned $3MM last year after being added to San Diego\u2019s roster on a minor league deal to fill out the club\u2019s bench mix. Song figures to fill a similar role this year to the one Iglesias held last season, chipping in around the infield and serving as a pinch-hitter.<\/p>\n While Song has primarily played third base throughout his career in the KBO league, that position is manned by Manny Machado<\/a><\/strong> in San Diego. Perhaps the Padres will look to get Machado occasional DH reps headed into his age-33 campaign, but aside from those occasional fill-in days Song figures to spend most of his time at first and second base, both of which are positions he logged significant time at in South Korea. Jake Cronenworth<\/a><\/strong> is currently slated to serve as San Diego\u2019s second baseman next year, though his name has popped up in trade talks this winter. First base meanwhile, is unsettled after the departure of Luis Arraez<\/a><\/strong>. Gavin Sheets<\/a><\/strong> has some experience at the position but may be better suited for DH duties. As a result, first base could be Song\u2019s best shot at regular reps, though it\u2019s possible a trade of Cronenworth or the addition of a more traditional first base option like Paul Goldschmidt<\/a><\/strong> or Rhys Hoskins<\/a><\/strong> changes things.<\/p>\n More to come\u2026<\/em>\n<\/div>\n The Padres are in agreement with infielder Sung Mun Song on a contract, according to a report from Robert Murray of FanSided. According to Francys Romero of BeisbolFR, it\u2019s a three-year deal that guarantees Song around $13MM. Song, 29, has broken out in a big way over his last two seasons playing for the KBO\u2019s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Padres-To-Sign-Sung-Mun-Song.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13885,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883\/revisions\/13885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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