Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong has not received a qualifying offer from the Atlanta Braves after an injury-plagued season. Eight players received the one-year qualifying offer worth $23.15 million, the mean salary of the 125 highest-paid players in Major League Baseball (MLB), on Monday (U.S. local time). Kim played this season on a one-year, $20 million deal but batted just .116 with zero home runs and nine RBIs in 51 games. He missed the early part of the season after suffering a finger injury in January while in Korea — he slipped on ice and fell, tearing a tendon in his right middle finger — and never found his rhythm at the plate. He made his season debut on May 12 but then missed about a month, from early July to early August, with inflammation in his surgically repaired finger. He batted just 1-for-28 in June. After four seasons with the San Diego Padres from 2021 to 2024, Kim joined the Tampa Bay Rays in early 2025 as a free agent. He only played in 24 games for the Rays after returning from shoulder surgery he had undergone the previous winter, and then the Braves selected hi