141m, powerful Kim Hye-sung Triple-A, tied for first place in distance this season! He appealed to Burts with consecutive home runs explosion

Apr 13, 2025

141m, powerful Kim Hye-sung Triple-A, tied for first place in distance this season! He appealed to Burts with consecutive home runs explosion
Kim Hye-sung, who plays for Triple-A under the LA Dodgers, is waiting to be promoted to the big league. AP Yonhap News



141m, powerful Kim Hye-sung Triple-A, tied for first place in distance this season! He appealed to Burts with consecutive home runs explosion
Oklahoma City Kim Hye-sung is circling the base after hitting a 141-meter mega home run against Round Rock on the 13th (Korea time). Photo = MiLB.TV Capture
It's a strong signal and an armed protest.

Kim Hye-sung, who is adapting to U.S. baseball at Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets under the Los Angeles Dodgers, hit consecutive at-bats home runs, raising hopes for a big league call-up.

Kim Hye-sung played as a leadoff shortstop in an away game against the Round Rock Express (under the Texas Rangers) at Round Rock Del Diamond in Texas on the 13th (Korea time) and swung a hard hit with two hits, three RBIs, two runs and one walk in five at-bats.




Oklahoma City won 15-0 with a batting lineup that exploded 19 hits, including seven home runs. The first hitter Kim Hye-sung took the lead in the lineup.

Kim Hye-sung, who grounded out to second base in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, hit a home run with two outs and third base in the second inning with a 2-0 lead. On the two-strike, he hit a 94.1-mile fastball in the middle of the third pitch by opposing right-hander Kherson Garavito to lead to a two-run shot over the left-center fence. He hit his second homer of the season with an angle of 36 degrees, a 97-mile batting speed, and a 361-foot flying distance.

Kim Hye-sung drew the first arch of U.S. baseball by hitting a solo shot to the right-center in the first inning of the Round Rock exhibition held at the same place the previous day (12th). He showed off his long shot again in a day.




141m, powerful Kim Hye-sung Triple-A, tied for first place in distance this season! He appealed to Burts with consecutive home runs explosion
Kim Hye-sung. AP Yonhap News
It also exploded in the third at-bat. Kim Hye-sung hit a large solo home run after one out in the fourth inning with a 4-0 lead. In one ball, he rolled up his second 91.8-mile sinker against the opponent's right-hander JT Shag and connected it to an arch well over the right-center fence. It was a large cannon with a 30-degree firing angle, a 106.3-mile batting speed, and a distance of 462 feet (141 meters).

Statcast is tied for the first place in the distance among home runs from Triple-A this season. Earlier, Dominic Canzon of the Tacoma Rainiers (under the Seattle Mariners) hit a 462-foot solo home run to the right in the fifth inning against Reno Aces (under the Arizona Diamondbacks) on April 7.

With this home run, Kim Hye-sung drove three cannons and hit them in two days.




In the next three at-bats, he grounded out, walked and struck out.

As a result, Kim Hye-sung recorded a batting average of 0.293 (17 hits in 58 at-bats), three home runs, 13 RBIs, 16 points, five walks, 15 strikeouts, 4 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.359, a slugging percentage of 0.603 and an OPS of 0.962 in 13 Triple-A games.

He ranked 25th in the Pacific Coast League in batting average, 1st in scoring, 7th in home runs, 8th in RBIs, 3rd in stolen bases, 12th in slugging percentage, and 17th in OPS. Some say it's time to finish minor league classes.

141m, powerful Kim Hye-sung Triple-A, tied for first place in distance this season! He appealed to Burts with consecutive home runs explosion
When will Dodgers manager Dave Roberts call Kim Hye-sung. AP Yonhap News
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, however, is only cautious. In an interview with the Orange County Register on the 10th, he said, `I don't think it's appropriate to call Kim Hye-sung (a bench member) for a while.' The local media Dodger Blue is 'The Juss club believes that it is better for Kim Hye-sung to consistently start as a starting player in Oklahoma City for the time being.

In other words, it is better to start every day as a main player in Triple-A and improve batting adaptability than to come to the Major League immediately and serve as a backup. Tommy Edman at second base, Kim Hye-sung's position, Mookie Betts at shortstop, Andy Parz at center field, and Michael Conforto at left field are the main players for the Dodgers. After falling into a severe slump at the beginning of the season, Pazs hit a decisive home run in the last two consecutive games, and Kim Hye-sung's position has revived, and it is not a situation in which he can play as the main player.

However, there is a possibility that Roberts may have changed his mind a little as he has hit three home runs in the last two games. It remains to be seen whether the promotion to the big league will be achieved within this month.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.