{"id":664679,"date":"2026-04-05T14:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/664679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:14:25","slug":"hyeseong-kim-headed-to-washington-amid-mookie-betts-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/664679\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyeseong Kim Headed to Washington Amid Mookie Betts Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts suffered an injury, and as a result, Hyeseong Kim is indeed on the cusp of getting a spot on the roster.<\/p>\n

Betts left the game<\/a> against the Washington Nationals in the top of the first inning upon running the bases after getting on board via a walk.<\/p>\n

He was patient at the plate and used his eye to get on base. Freddie Freeman then hit a laser into the outfield gap, good enough for a double, and cashed in both base runners who were on board.<\/p>\n

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However, upon returning to the dugout, Betts slowly made his way and never came back on the field, with Miguel Rojas stepping in at shortstop.<\/p>\n

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Mar 21, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim (6) hits against the Athletics in the first inning at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Betts will be missing the series finale at the very least<\/a>, according to manager Dave Roberts, as he gets an MRI for what is being labeled as a back injury.<\/p>\n

As a result of Betts\u2019 absence, which could be quite long or short depending on how he feels and what the MRI says, Hyeseong Kim is going to be nearby<\/a> in case the Dodgers make a move to put him on the injured list.<\/p>\n

Kim is currently with the Oklahoma City Comets in Triple-A, but according to the minor-league broadcast for the Comets and the Las Vegas Aviators, he was scratched from the game to head to Washington.<\/p>\n

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Kim was in the original lineup, but scratched as we got closer to first pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a lot of that due to the fact that Mookie Betts, shortstop for the major league club, left today\u2019s game with what appeared to be a back injury, underwent an MRI this afternoon,\u201d the broadcast said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTold that Kim, going to get on a plane tonight, head to our nation\u2019s capital. The Dodgers take on the Washington Nationals in a day game tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim is a marginal MLB player at the moment, having done well in Triple-A, but there are questions about his mechanics now that pitchers have adjusted to the Korean.<\/p>\n

If Betts missess a notable period of time, Kim will get a chance to really make his case to be on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts suffered an injury, and as a result, Hyeseong Kim is indeed on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[537,5,1560,815,1393,57,8935,4,3226,1526,1949,71],"class_list":{"0":"post-664679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athletics","8":"tag-athletics","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-dave-roberts","11":"tag-freddie-freeman","12":"tag-hyeseong-kim","13":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","14":"tag-miguel-rojas","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-mlb-athletics","17":"tag-mookie-betts","18":"tag-the-athletics","19":"tag-washington-nationals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116352521883567268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664679","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=664679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}