{"id":25801,"date":"2025-12-15T21:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/ha-seong-kim-returns-to-atlanta-braves-on-20-million-deal-but-the-4-million-raise-tells-a-shocking-story\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:49:38","slug":"71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/","title":{"rendered":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style='font-size:1.1em;font-weight:500;line-height:1.6;margin-bottom:20px'>Ha-Seong Kim signed with the <b>Atlanta Braves<\/b> on a one-year, <b>$20 million contract<\/b> on December 15, 2025. The <b>South Korean shortstop<\/b> receives a <b>$4 million raise<\/b> above his previous option. Kim will remain as the Braves&#8217; <b>starting shortstop<\/b> for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<div style='background:#f9f9f9;padding:20px;border-left:4px solid #e74c3c;margin:25px 0'>\n<h3 style='margin-top:0'>\ud83d\udd25 Quick Facts<\/h3>\n<ul style='margin:10px 0;padding-left:20px'>\n<li>Ha-Seong Kim&#8217;s new <b>one-year deal worth $20 million<\/b> with Atlanta keeps him in the starting shortstop role<\/li>\n<li>Kim opted out of his <b>$16 million<\/b> player option in November to test free agency<\/li>\n<li>The <b>$4 million raise<\/b> reflects the Braves&#8217; confidence in keeping their shortstop<\/li>\n<li>Signed on <b>December 15, 2025<\/b> after brief free agency period, per Jon Heyman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Kim Opted Out to Become Free Agent in November<\/h2>\n<p>Ha-Seong Kim declared his intention to test the open market by opting out of his <b>$16 million<\/b> option on <b>November 3, 2025<\/b>. This decision gave him leverage in free agency negotiations and opened the door for other teams to pursue him.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>South Korean shortstop<\/b> spent the entire 2025 season with the Braves after being claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays in September. Kim helped stabilize Atlanta&#8217;s shortstop position down the stretch and earned another opportunity with the franchise.<\/p>\n<h2>Contract Terms and Comparison<\/h2>\n<table style='width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:20px 0'>\n<tr style='background:#f4f4f4'>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd;font-weight:bold'>Contract Element<\/td>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd;font-weight:bold'>Details<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>New Contract<\/td>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>1 year, $20 million (2026)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='background:#f9f9f9'>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>Previous Option<\/td>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>$16 million (declined)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>Year-Over-Year Increase<\/td>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>+$4 million (+25%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='background:#f9f9f9'>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>Position<\/td>\n<td style='padding:12px;border:1px solid #ddd'>Starting Shortstop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Kim&#8217;s 2025 Impact After September Call-Up<\/h2>\n<p>After joining the Braves in early September 2025, Kim recorded a <b>.234 batting average<\/b> over his time with Atlanta. He appeared in <b>24 games<\/b> for the Braves down the stretch, including his official debut on September 2 against the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Kim batted <b>fifth or sixth<\/b> in the Braves lineup and showed <b>defensive capability<\/b> at the demanding shortstop position. Despite the offensive struggles, the Braves valued his <b>experience and defensive metrics<\/b> enough to commit long-term.<\/p>\n<h2>Braves Maintain Shortstop Stability for 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Atlanta&#8217;s decision to re-sign Kim settles questions about the shortstop position heading into spring training. The organization bypassed more expensive free agent options and invested in continuity with the <b>seasoned international player<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Kim&#8217;s acceptance of the deal demonstrates his commitment to Atlanta&#8217;s rebuilding timeline. The <b>$20 million investment<\/b> reflects the Braves&#8217; strategy to maintain clubhouse experience while developing young talent around him.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Did the Braves Move Quickly to Retain Kim?<\/h2>\n<p>The <b>rapid completion<\/b> of Kim&#8217;s deal on <b>December 15<\/b> suggests mutual desire to finalize a partnership. Atlanta likely feared losing him to competitors in the thin shortstop market while avoiding prolonged free agency negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Kim&#8217;s proven <b>versatility across multiple infield positions<\/b> adds value beyond shortstop. His ability to play second base and third base when needed provides the Braves with tactical flexibility for their lineup construction throughout the season.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The New York Post<\/b> &#8211; Jon Heyman coverage of contract agreement<\/li>\n<li><b>MLB.com<\/b> &#8211; Player option details and September signing<\/li>\n<li><b>ESPN<\/b> &#8211; 2025 season statistics and performance data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":25800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"schema_org_data":"{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Ha-Seong Kim\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jon Heyman\"},{\"@type\":\"Place\",\"name\":\"Atlanta\",\"description\":\"city\"},{\"@type\":\"Place\",\"name\":\"South Korea\",\"description\":\"country\"},{\"@type\":\"Place\",\"name\":\"Chicago\",\"description\":\"city\"}]}","_extracted_celebrities":null,"_extracted_movies":"","_extracted_places":null,"_extracted_videos":"","_last_enrichment_date":"2025-12-15 21:49:55","footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Red94\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Brown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Brown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Brown\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58afe56b917c963c37d09aadbd8b892b\"},\"headline\":\"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\"},\"wordCount\":470,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\",\"name\":\"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png\",\"width\":1360,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"Ha-Seong Kim signs with Braves on $20M deal, gets $4M raise to stay as starting shortstop\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/entertainment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Red94\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Red94\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Logo-Red94.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Logo-Red94.png\",\"width\":289,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Red94\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58afe56b917c963c37d09aadbd8b892b\",\"name\":\"Michael Brown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/generateperf\/images\/icons\/avatar.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/generateperf\/images\/icons\/avatar.svg\",\"caption\":\"Michael Brown\"},\"description\":\"Michael Brown is a seasoned sports journalist bringing years of experience covering professional athletics and sporting culture. With a keen eye for breaking stories and player dynamics, this veteran journalist delivers in-depth analysis and exclusive insights from the world's biggest sporting events. His passion for the game shines through in every story, keeping fans connected to the action both on and off the field.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/author\/michael-brown\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story","og_description":"&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/","og_site_name":"Red94","article_published_time":"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00","author":"Michael Brown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Brown","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Brown","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58afe56b917c963c37d09aadbd8b892b"},"headline":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story","datePublished":"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/"},"wordCount":470,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/","name":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png","datePublished":"2025-12-16T01:49:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-16T01:49:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/78151-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho.jpg.png","width":1360,"height":768,"caption":"Ha-Seong Kim signs with Braves on $20M deal, gets $4M raise to stay as starting shortstop"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/71178-ha-seong-kim-signs-with-braves-on-20m-deal-gets-4m-raise-to-stay-as-starting-sho\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ha-Seong Kim returns to Atlanta Braves on $20 million deal, but the $4 million raise tells a shocking story"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/","name":"Red94","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#organization","name":"Red94","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Logo-Red94.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Logo-Red94.png","width":289,"height":90,"caption":"Red94"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58afe56b917c963c37d09aadbd8b892b","name":"Michael Brown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/generateperf\/images\/icons\/avatar.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/generateperf\/images\/icons\/avatar.svg","caption":"Michael Brown"},"description":"Michael Brown is a seasoned sports journalist bringing years of experience covering professional athletics and sporting culture. With a keen eye for breaking stories and player dynamics, this veteran journalist delivers in-depth analysis and exclusive insights from the world's biggest sporting events. His passion for the game shines through in every story, keeping fans connected to the action both on and off the field.","url":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/author\/michael-brown\/"}]}},"views":418,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}