Kim Hye-sung's This, No. 1 in Major League Baseball... Now that the Dodgers have changed their mind, they have humiliated minor relegation
Kim Hye-sung's This, No. 1 in Major League Baseball... Now that the Dodgers have changed their mind, they have humiliated minor relegation
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The Los Angeles Dodgers held talks with Kim Hye-sung of the Los Angeles Dodgers around the start of this year's spring training. The main point was a drastic change in the hitting mechanism. The Dodgers believed that Kim should change her batting form in order to ultimately succeed in the Major League. The move is aimed at targeting high-quality balls in the Major League.
Kim Hye-sung also understood the Dodgers' explanation. It was something he felt as a weakness himself. The Dodgers' diagnosis was accurate. So he accepted the situation and wrestled with the batting form that had changed throughout the entire camp and the changing batting mechanism. Kim herself felt that it was a big change. Naturally, it took a long time to adjust. The Dodgers also did not expect that it would be easy. Ahead of the opening of the season, it sent Kim to the Oklahoma City Comets, a Triple-A team under the team.
If she is in the Major League, she is not the main player. Of course, she plays less time and is jagged. Then, she will not be able to complete her changed form. However, she could have continued to play as a starter if she moved to Triple-A. It was a step backward to advance. And Kim shows that her time was not in vain. She still maintains a batting average of 40 percent, achieving better-than-expected results in offense.
Kim Hye-sung played as the starting center fielder in the game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on the 8th (Korea time), and worked hard by recording two hits and one stolen base in four at-bats. Although the team lost 1-2, it was a game that showed that Kim Hye-sung's batting continued. Kim Hye-sung, who was rarely involved in the game due to a recent foul hit, recorded multi-hit again in her first start in a long time.
His batting average for the season was 0.411 from 0.404, his on-base percentage for the season was 0.436 to 0.441, and his on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) for the season was 0.995. Of course, the number of samples is small due to the long distance from the regular at-bat, but at this point, it is enough to show that the batting performance right after the call-up was never luck.
Kim, who left the batter's box with a false hit, reported a hit at her second at bat in the fifth inning. Kim, who was the first batter in the fifth inning against St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Eric Peddy, who had previously faced off in the KBO League, hit a cutter on Peddy's seventh pitch to make a hit to the midfielder. Kim then stole second when Ohtani was at bat, and posted her sixth stolen base of this season. Kim has been almost perfect in stealing this year.
After failing to hit a follow-up, Kim also came out as the first batter at the third batter's box in the seventh inning when the score was 0-0, and had an infield single at second base to complete a multi-hit game. Although St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Steven Matz was on the mound, Dodgers pushed ahead with Kim as usual, and Kim responded. However, Kim failed to hit a follow-up again this time.
Kim Hye-sung is mostly in the 9th batting order this season. And her performance is amazing. This year, she has a batting average of 0.450, an on-base percentage of 0.488, a slugging percentage of 0.650 and an OPS of 1.138 in the 9th batting order. A total of 43 players have played 40 or more at bat in the 9th batting order this season. Among them, Kim Hye-sung is overwhelmingly the No. 1 player in batting average, and she is also the No. 1 player in OPS.
In fact, it is not easy to hope for a better performance in the batting order of No. 9. The fact that the No. 9 hitter can get on base like this is also a great strength for the team. This is because it leads to the top batting lineup with the highest scoring productivity in the team. In addition, Kim Hye-sung is a fast-footed player, which is not a difficult situation for the opponent's battery. There is a fast runner on the first base, and the pressure will inevitably increase if Shohei Ohtani or Mookie Betts take the batter's box. Theoretically, there will be more fastball matches. 토토사이트
While Kim Hye-sung's batting sense is maintained, the Dodgers' batting order from 1st to 5th is somewhat fixed. It is difficult for Kim Hye-sung to go to the top of the lineup right now. Still, the possibility of putting Kim Hye-sung a little more ahead of No. 9 has increased, and it is worth considering how to use it more actively as a left-hander. Kim Hye-sung is changing the stream with her own skills.