Dodgers reveal why Hyeseong Kim lost MLB job to .116 hitter

Hyeseong Kim had a great Spring Training for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alex Freeland did not.

Who do you think made the Dodgers' Opening Day roster?

Well, believe it or not, it wasn't Kim. 

Kim hit .407 this spring.

Freeland hit .116.

The Dodgers kept Freeland on the MLB roster.

Kim is being sent down to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

There were certainly plenty of Dodgers fans who weren't happy with the move. Manager Dave Roberts tried to explain it.

"Dave Roberts said the 'driver' behind the Alex Freeland/Hyeseong Kim decision was that the Dodgers felt Kim would benefit more from getting everyday at-bats in AAA right now," wrote the California Post's Jack Harris on X on Sunday. "He said team was 'not blind to the fact' Freeland only hit .116 this spring."

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The thing maybe most notable about this is that not only is Freeland on the roster. He's going to get the starting role against right-handed pitching, with the righty-hitting Miguel Rojas on the short side of a platoon.

It's the same role Kim would've had in the major leagues, and it seems hard to justify keeping the .116 spring hitter over the .407 spring hitter when neither has some immense advantage in experience.

Dodgers fans will wait and hope their team did the right thing. It seems a bit curious on paper, though.

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