"Card that LAD can never throw away" Kim Hye-sung and Miller accompanying Triple A, but there's a difference... Roberts what did you order?
"Card that LAD can never throw away" Kim Hye-sung and Miller accompanying Triple A, but there's a difference... Roberts what did you order?
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The Los Angeles Dodgers notified seven players of their trip to the minor leagues at the end of an exhibition game against the Cleveland Guardians on the 12th (Korea time).
Two of them are included in the 40-man roster of the Major League, so they were sent down to the minor leagues in the sense of starting the season at Triple-A, and the remaining five are minor league contracts, and the Dodgers have rearranged them to minor league camps that should have been.
The two are Kim Hye-sung and Bobby Miller. Instead of moving to a minor league camp, they will remain in the Major League camp to carry out training programs and participate in exhibition games for minor leagues as needed.
The Dodgers aims to recruit Kim to the Major League once they fill in the gaps or solve the problem shown in the exhibition games. Of course, no one knows how long it will take. However, there is a difference in the background of Kim Hye-sung and Miller being excluded from the opening roster of the Major League.
For one, Kim has a lack of batting power. When he signed a contract with the Dodgers early this year with a three-year deal worth 12.5 million U.S. dollars and a five-year maximum of 22 million dollars including a two-year option, he was considered a likely second baseman. However, he had difficulty adapting himself to Major League pitchers at exhibition games.
Regarding Kim's move to the Minor League, manager Dave Roberts said, "Kim will stay in the Arizona camp and continue to bat. Kim has played well over the past four days. He looked much more comfortable at bat and saw the center fielder well," adding, "I think the most important thing is to play at bat here to help him prepare for the season."
In other words, he is a member of the Oklahoma City Comets of Triple-A, which encourages players to participate in actual games more often to gain adaptability. Triple-A starts on March 29. Kim had a batting average of 0.207 (six hits in 29 at-bats), one homer, three RBIs, six runs scored, four walks, 11 strikeouts, two steals, and an OPS of 0.613 in 15 games of spring training. David Bodie, who hit two homers with a batting average of around 400, was also a minor player, but it was too much for Kim to surpass him in the Major League.
He showed signs of recovery with a batting average of 0.333 and an OPS of 0.945 in nine games in March, but failed to make a dramatic turnaround. His strikeout rate reached 33.3 percent.
The task for Kim is clear. She has to adapt herself to fastballs and breaking balls. Triple-A also has many pitchers who throw around the 90-mile range and 100-mile range. To adapt to the balls of Major League pitchers, she also needs to complete the batting form revision recommended by the team. She modified the right foot movement she took during the backswing, and pushed forward slightly without taking her feet off the ground.
If he fully understands the new batting form and develops his fastball coping skills in Triple-A, he can soon achieve promotion to the Major League. For now, it seems likely that he will be able to join the 26-man roster of the Major League soon, if he receives a groundbreaking evaluation before then.
Once Kim moves to the Major League, she can clearly display her presence as she can be used in various ways. She can play second base, shortstop, and center fielder. If she supports the batter on top of this, there is no reason why she cannot play as the main player. Major League pitchers speed up by 3 to 5 miles depending on the type of pitch she plays in the KBO. She should adapt herself not only to 100-mile fastballs but also to sliders, sweepers, and cutters in the low 90s.
Miller's Triple-A action is a bit different in character. Miller stopped pitching after being hit in the head by Michael Bush's powerful 105.5-mile line drive at the Chicago Cubs, the opening game of the exhibition game on June 21. He is still recovering from the concussion and dizziness. He is in the recovery phase and needs a sense of pitching in real games. Going to Triple-A effectively means that he should play a rehabilitation game for minor leagues. Roberts will start the sixth starting pitcher system when Shohei Ohtani joins the rotation in May. This is why he keeps an eye on Miller.
Miller is the next generation ace who has emerged like a comet in 2023. He had an impressive debut season that year with 11 wins and 4 losses, 3.76 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 22 games. However, he was mired in injuries and sluggishness last year, and had 2-4 losses and an 8.52 ERA in 13 games. He was sidelined by a shoulder injury in April, and was demoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City after poor pitching after returning to the team in June.
Miller, whose main weapon is fastball over 100 miles, has been spotlighted as a candidate for the fifth starting pitcher of this spring training. He will need to undergo rehabilitation for more than a month to become a member of the Major League. 토토사이트
Kim Hye-sung and Miller are promising pitching players that the Dodgers can never give up. If you solve a given task, you can make the big league stage at any time.