Awesome. LA Dodgers Kim Hye-sung survived. LUCKY WITHOUT THE SECOND MINOR LEAGUE LIST. a chance to revive
Mar 07, 2025
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The Dodgers sent five more players to the Minor League on the 7th (Korea time). This is the second minor league camp list that came out four days after moving eight players to a minor league camp on the 3rd.
The Dodgers, which sent four pitchers and outfielders from the first list to the minor league camp, cleaned up some catchers and infielders on the same day. Forth Griffin Lockwood-Powell and Chris Ok, and infielders Alex Freeland, Austin Gauthier and Cody Hodge are offloaded.
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Kim Hye-sung, who currently has a batting average of 0.143 (3 hits in 21 at-bats) and one homer and one RBI in the Major League exhibition games, was barely included in the second list. This means that there is still an opportunity to try to enter the opening entry through the remaining exhibition games.
But the outlook is not very good. Kim Hye-sung was initially mentioned as the Dodgers' starting second base manager. Kim Hye-sung, who signed a three-year, $12.5 million contract with the Dodgers through posting in January, was praised by local media and the Dodgers coaching staff even in the early days of joining the team. Moreover, as Gavin Lux, a former second baseman, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds immediately after Kim Hye-sung's contract, the possibility of Kim Hye-sung becoming the owner of second base seemed to increase.
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This means that Kim Hye-sung can be a key resource for the team if he develops further in the future.
However, the obstacle was the 'Part to Develop' mentioned here. The Dodgers coaching staff soon discovered Kim Hye-sung's poor batting ability. To compensate for this, he ordered a full-scale revision of the batting form from the beginning of the camp. The problem is that it is not easy to change the batting form in a short period of time. Kim Hye-sung faithfully trained the team and followed the coaching staff's instructions, but it did not work quickly in practice.
Eventually, the Dodgers coaching staff's concerns became a reality in the exhibition game. The new batting form was installed, but it did not produce results. The batting average once dropped to the seven-hundreds. Currently, it is close to failing at 143. In particular, two of the three hits were infield hits. He just turned an infield grounder that could be out into a hit with his fast feet. There were few balls flying to the outfield. The only long hit was a home run against the San Francisco Giants on the 3rd.
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The Dodgers have five more exhibition games to go. Attention is focusing on whether Kim Hye-sung will be able to completely reverse her assessment of herself in this.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
