{"id":121659,"date":"2026-05-11T19:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=121659"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:25:23","slug":"braves-ha-seong-kim-returning-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/11\/braves-ha-seong-kim-returning-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves Reinstate Another Regular from the Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves are getting back one of their better defensive players, with infielder <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kimha01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ha-Seong Kim<\/a> returning from his rehab assignment. The Braves announced on Monday that Kim was returned from the injured list, while outfielder <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteel04.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eli White<\/a> was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list. White had made a catch on Sunday to end the sixth inning with the bases loaded and smashed hard into the fence in right field at Dodger Stadium to preserve a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBV0LcchxB\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 6000px; aspect-ratio: 6000\/4000;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h2>Ha-Seong Kim Returning, Will Boost Braves at Shortstop<\/h2>\n<p>Kim was selected off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays last season and did well as the Atlanta Braves&#8217; shortstop. In 24 games after joining the Braves, he hit .253 with a .684 OPS. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/03\/mlb-offseason-contract-options-qualifying-offers-monday-recap\/\" target=\"_self\">Kim declined his player option<\/a> in the offseason and became a free agent before <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/ha-seong-kim-contract-braves\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing a one-year, $20 million deal<\/a> to remain in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Braves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Braves<\/a> today returned INF Ha-Seong Kim from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the injured list, and placed OF Eli White on the 7-day concussion IL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Braves\/status\/2053860930463617049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly for the Braves, Kim has missed all season with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/01\/18\/braves-face-early-setback-ha-seong-kim-out-4-5-months\/\" target=\"_self\">laceration in his right middle finger<\/a>. While he has been on the injured list, a rotation of infielder\/outfielder <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dubonma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mauricio Dub\u00f3n<\/a><span> (28 games) and infielder <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mateojo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Mateo<\/a> (20 games) has been used by manager <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/weisswa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walt Weiss<\/a>. Ha-Seong Kim returning to be the Braves&#8217; everyday shortstop will allow Dubon to go back to jumping around the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During his rehab assignment between Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett, Kim did well. In nine games, he hit .286 with a .733 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>With White out for the next week, Dubon&#8217;s experience in the outfield will be leaned on. Dubon&#8217;s availability to play the outfield also comes in handy with right fielder <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/acunaro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/a> also on the injured list (Grade 1 hamstring strain). Acu\u00f1a is expected to return sometime in May, which is a good sign after having surgery on both knees.<\/p>\n<p>Acuna is the only Braves regular on the injured list, but once he returns, the Braves will have all their regulars playing for the first time this season, which could lead to some <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/04\/20\/atlanta-braves-face-tough-choices-ahead\/\" target=\"_self\">tough roster choices<\/a>. Given all their injuries this season, the Braves might be a team to add depth around the edges of their roster to remain competitive in a tough National League.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves are getting back one of their better defensive players, with infielder Ha-Seong Kim returning from his rehab assignment. The Braves announced on Monday that Kim was returned from the injured list, while outfielder Eli White was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list. White had made a catch on Sunday to end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5794,"featured_media":121679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1071,35],"tags":[4680,4455,2513,1108,777,1982,29181],"class_list":["post-121659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-mlb","category-news","tag-eli-white","tag-ha-seong-kim","tag-injured-list","tag-jorge-mateo","tag-mauricio-dubon","tag-ronald-acuna-jr","tag-walt-weiss"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121659"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121680,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121659\/revisions\/121680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}