Rays Your Voice: Rays sign Ha-Seong Kim

Rays Your Voice: A Tampa Bay Rays Podcast · Feb 4, 2025 · 1h 14m

Brett Rutherford and Darby Robinson discuss the Rays' most-shocking move of the offseason, signing Ha-Seong Kim to a two-year, $29 million deal to play shortstop. It seemed as if the Rays offseason was mostly done and Taylor Walls was set to be the club's shortstop in 2025, but after a larger market failed to develop for Kim, the Rays swooped in and made a deal.

The team wasn't done there; they acquired local product Alex Faedo in a trade with Detroit the very next week. Faedo has spent his entire career with the Tigers but was recently DFA. He will fight for a spot in the Rays bullpen but…