{"id":595391,"date":"2026-02-27T03:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/595391\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:39:21","slug":"dave-roberts-praises-hyeseong-kim-after-hot-start-to-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/595391\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Roberts Praises Hyeseong Kim After Hot Start to Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) looks on in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2b703c217388bc220e936db2de209222.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) looks on in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts complimented Hyeseong Kim on his fantastic performances so far during spring training.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Thursday\u2019s game, Kim recorded hits in five of his 10 at-bats and had four RBIs with two stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s had a great spring. Hyeseong, I think his confidence is continuing to grow,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cHis comfort level, being around the guys, I think he\u2019s taken great at-bats. It was good to see him in centerfield yesterday, made a couple nice plays out in centerfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to lose him shortly. He\u2019s going to go to his team for the WBC, which I\u2019m excited for him. Disappointed that we can\u2019t watch him every day, but he\u2019s had a great spring and looking forward to him having a great WBC and getting back here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) looks on in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/abb5d0aba9ee9990d4d1c13b87a4c1ec.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb 25, 2026; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) looks on in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Kim continued his tear in Thursday\u2019s win over the White Sox, clubbing his first homer of the spring in a 7-6 win. He will now look to carry his form into the WBC, as Thursday was his final game before departing.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers will also hope he stays hot, as they\u2019re looking for a suitable replacement at second base for Tommy Edman, who is still recovering from offseason surgery. Kim is putting together a strong case for himself, and will certainly get his shot with the Dodgers at some point this season if not Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/dodgers\/250944\/dave-roberts-praises-hyeseong-kim-after-hot-start-to-spring\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dave Roberts Praises Hyeseong Kim After Hot Start to Spring;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dave Roberts Praises Hyeseong Kim After Hot Start to Spring<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LA Sports Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">LA Sports Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) looks on in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,1560,38,1393,57,4,53500,72185,880,396],"class_list":["post-595391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-dave-roberts","tag-diamondbacks","tag-hyeseong-kim","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-salt-river-fields-at-talking-stick","tag-salt-river-pima-maricopa","tag-tommy-edman","tag-white-sox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116140518164820616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}