{"id":665830,"date":"2026-04-06T04:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665830\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:21:34","slug":"kim-hye-seong-makes-season-debut-with-dodgers-after-being-recalled-from-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665830\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Hye-seong makes season debut with Dodgers after being recalled from minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Published: 06 Apr. 2026, 08:51\n                            <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kim Hye-seong of Korea celebrates after hitting a homerun in a game against Japan at the 2026 World Basball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 7. [YONHAP] \" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0ec0a20b-a5ce-492c-a0b9-6993ea16aba4.jpg\" data-reuse=\"allowed\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Kim Hye-seong of Korea celebrates after hitting a homerun in a game against Japan at the 2026 World Basball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 7. [YONHAP] <\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Kim Hye-seong made his season debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers just hours after being recalled from the minors.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Kim entered the game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday in the bottom of the eighth inning as a defensive replacement at second base. Alex Freeland got the start at second base and batted ninth but was lifted for pinch hitter Kyle Tucker during the Dodgers&#8217; four-run rally in the top of the eighth. With Tucker being an outfielder, Kim took Freeland&#8217;s spot on the field to begin the bottom eight, as the Dodgers went on to take the game 8-6.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\n The Dodgers brought Kim up from Triple-A Oklahoma City before the game, with All-Star shortstop Mookie Betts being placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain earlier in the day. Kim will be mostly filling in at shortstop in a platoon with Miguel Rojas \u2014 with Kim, who bats left-handed, starting against right-handers.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Betts suffered his injury during Saturday&#8217;s game. After drawing a walk in the top of the first inning, Betts scored from first base on a double and then felt discomfort in his right lower back area while running the bases. An MRI later revealed the oblique strain, which the Dodgers believe Betts suffered on a checked swing during his lone plate appearance.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Kim will likely start two out of three games in the Dodgers&#8217; upcoming series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The rematch of the 2025 World Series begins Monday.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Kim, now in his second season in the United States, had a strong spring training but still began the season in the minors, as the Dodgers wanted him to put in more work on his swing. He batted 11-for-27 (.407) in nine games but also struck out eight times while drawing just one walk.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> In six games with Oklahoma City, Kim went 9-for-26 (.346) with seven strikeouts against four walks.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> As a rookie in 2025, Kim batted .280\/.314\/.385 with three homers, 17 RBIs and 13 steals in 71 games. He played three positions on the field \u2014 second base, shortstop and center field.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Kim joins San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo as the only two Koreans currently on a big league roster.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Yonhap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 06 Apr. 2026, 08:51 Kim Hye-seong of Korea celebrates after hitting a homerun in a game against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-665830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-dodgers","12":"tag-ladodgers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesdodgers","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116355851730392530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665830","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=665830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}