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Hyeseong Kim – 2B/SS, LAD: 23% rostered
(PLAYING TIME UPSIDE, STEALS UPSIDE)
When Tommy Edman landed on the IL, the Dodgers finally called up Hyeseong Kim. However, Chris Taylor and Miguel Rojas started games at second base after Kim was called up. Yet, with Teoscar Hernandez now out too, there is an avenue where Kim and Edman can be the CF/2B with Andy Pages moving to RF. Kim was hitting just .252 in 131 plate appearances at Triple-A with a 12% swinging strike rate. His overall contact rate of 75% at Triple-A is fine, but suggests there will be some swing and miss at the big league level, and even though he had a few huge home runs that we saw on Twitter, his average exit velocity at Triple-A was 87.3 mph. The 13 stolen bases are very real, and I think that’s going to be the majority of Kim’s value at the big league level this season if he lands in a full-time role. It just remains to be seen what his long-term role is; although, it seems like the Dodgers will sit him against lefties for now.
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