Go out again today! What? I'm left-handed? Los Angeles Dodgers super utility man Kim Hye-sung is competing against the left-hander. I broke through the platoon with my skills

Jul 03, 2025

If you show your skills consistently, you'll be recognized in the end.

Kim Hye-sung (26) of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Major League Baseball has been recognized by manager Dave Roberts. This is thanks to the fact that he maintains a steady sense of hitting and clearly helps the team in offense and defense. As a result, Roberts briefly put down the 'Platoon System' that he had been consistent with.

Kim Hye-sung was listed in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game. Even though the opponent's starter was a left-handed pitcher, he got a chance to start.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) interleague home game against the Chicago White Sox at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the morning of the 3rd (Korea time). The Dodgers have won 5-1 in the first of three consecutive home games against the White Sox on the previous day, and are on a two-game winning streak. Kim Hye-sung started the game as the ninth shortstop, but had no hits and one strikeout in three times at bat.

However, he contributed to the team's victory with a stable defense. For this reason, Roberts also seems to have put Kim Hye-sung in the starting lineup for the game on the 3rd.

Roberts made the lineup in the order of Shohei Ohtani (DH), Mookie Betts (striker), Will Smith (catcher), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Andy Farz (right fielder), Max Muncy (third baseman), Michael Confoto (left fielder), Tommy Edman (middle fielder), and Kim Hye-sung (second baseman).

Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, who had been consistently deployed at the centerline, was missing. He started the day before as the fifth right fielder and was active with two hits, one RBI and one run from four times at bat, but was excluded from the starting line-up, and Edman went out to the outfield. Kim Hye-sung forms a Keystone duo with Betts, who returned to shortstop. The starter is veteran Clayton Kershaw.

Roberts is a style that composes various lineups using players with multi-position ability. Through this, the purpose is to control the pace of individual players and ultimately to keep the team's power at its best.

This method has been quite efficient this season. The Dodgers competed fiercely with the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres in the National League West early in the season. There was also a rare scene in which all three teams recorded a winning rate of around 60%, and even the word 'Hell's NL West'.

However, thanks to Roberts' cool and rational management of the team, the Dodgers eventually won the competition. Currently, the Dodgers have entered the leading solo mode with the highest winning rate (0.628, 54 wins and 32 losses) among all major league teams. It has a whopping 7.5 games against second-place San Diego. Unless something big happens in the second half of the year, the world's No. 1 ranking is almost certain. Super utility man Kim Hye-sung is also contributing to this rise.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.