Dodgers to call the Korean supply company Hyeseong Kim for MLB debut: Sources

Atlanta – The Los Angeles Dodgers will call UtilityMan Hyeseong Kim on Saturday, said league sources The athleteConstruction of the valuable South Korean off -season, which signs for his debut by the Major League Baseball.

At the end of his publication process in January, Kim signed a three-year contract of $ 12.5 million with the Dodgers at the end of his publication process and chose them from a list of the freelancers, which included the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels.

The Dodgers deal did not include the opportunity to refuse an assignment order with a minor League. The 26-year-old was sent to the minors shortly before the opening day when the Dodgers led him through a complete swing overhaul in order to ensure the advanced speeds in the states. In 127 record appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City, Kim scored an OPS of 0.801 and scored with five homes and 13 stolen bases while playing Shortstop, Center Field and Second Base.

“To be honest, even if I selected other teams, it would have been a challenge,” said Kim, said Kim During the spring training by interpreter Dean Kim His decision to sign Los Angeles. “But if I wanted to violate a challenge, I wanted to do it with the best team in the league. There is simply no easy way to do this, so I wanted to do it with the Dodgers.”

The swing change included a beaten leg kick and new time mechanisms to improve the skills of Kim’s bats to ball capabilities. The Dodgers rave about Kim’s sportiness for a long time. Now it’s about playing the bat well enough to effectively make the rest of his skills.

“He has bats, which cannot really be taught,” said coach Aaron Bates at the beginning of this spring. “He has the ingredients to be great. It’s just a kind of fine things.”

This process seems to be an ongoing work. Kim achieved 24.4 percent of the time in the minors, a massive jump from the 10.9 percent strike rate, which he had in Korea last season.

It is unclear what direct role he will take for the Dodgers. They had spent a large part of the spring to prepare it to be at least the strong side of a train in the second basis, and called Kim’s time in the minors a “long -term game” to be ready to be an everyday big Leaguer instead of delivering the depth of the Dodgers from the bank.

Tommy Edman started 22 of the first 31 games of the Dodgers on the second base. He has not played since Tuesday when he stretched a tendon in his right ankle to the third basis against Miami Marlin. Edman did Pregame exercises on Friday, hoping to be back in the line -up when everything went well.

(Photo by Hyeseong Kim: Norm Hall / Getty Images)