{"id":92662,"date":"2025-08-23T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92662"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:35:09","slug":"hyeseong-kims-rehab-outing-not-quite-the-breakthrough-dodgers-fans-hoped-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92662","title":{"rendered":"Hyeseong Kim\u2019s Rehab Outing: Not Quite the Breakthrough Dodgers Fans Hoped For"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">We probably already know what&#8217;s going to happen.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Boston Red Sox\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_96,w_4067,h_2287\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01k3912wttqaxce0a82p.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Boston Red Sox\" width=\"4067\" height=\"2287\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Los Angeles Dodgers v Boston Red Sox | Winslow Townson\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In a couple of encouraging steps for the Dodgers,\u00a0Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez and Hyeseong Kim began their rehab assignments\u00a0at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Hern\u00e1ndez has been gone since July 6 and Kim since July 29. When Tommy Edman went down on Aug. 8, it left the Dodgers without three out of four of their utility players, and all of the ones who can play outfield.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">And now it appears they could be working to insure themselves even further when this group is reaey to return. The Comets&#8217; starting lineup on Thursday included an eyebrow-raiser for Dodgers fans: they started Kim in left field for the first time since he came to MLB.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">We all know what the situation with Michael Conforto is. Fans want him off of the roster immediately, but the Dodgers aren&#8217;t quite on that same wavelength. Could Hern\u00e1ndez and Kim&#8217;s impending returns finally take Conforto away in the roster crunch? Are they priming Kim for more of a starting role in left field?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><em>That\u2019s interesting. Hyeseong Kim is playing left field for the first time this season as he starts his rehab assignment with OKC.\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/mFYSvpI3SS<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya)\u00a0August 22, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If we had to guess, probably not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Dodgers seem all too content to ride with Conforto throughout the rest of the season. Buddy Kennedy and Justin Dean are far more likely to be pushed off of the 26-man roster when Hern\u00e1ndez returns (they might even opt to send top prospect Alex Freeland back to Triple-A). Kim&#8217;s lefty bat\u00a0should\u00a0still replace Conforto&#8217;s in the lineup more often and he\u00a0should\u00a0be in left field more often, but the Dodgers\u00a0don&#8217;t exactly have a great track record in that department either.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Hyeseong Kim&#8217;s rehab appearance in left field shouldn&#8217;t get Dodgers fans excited about a Michael Conforto DFA<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There might be a world in which the Dodgers finally cut Conforto when\/if Max Muncy and Tommy Edman return in September, but at that point it would be too little, too late. (They could also opt to use their two expanded roster spots on Muncy and Edman and never dump Conforto at all.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dodgers&#8217; attachment to Conforto is confounding, given that they finally brought themselves to cut two veteran players with extensive histories with the team this year while\u00a0Conforto is a newcomer on a prove-it deal he&#8217;s not living up to. No one quite knows what has made Conforto so special to the front office.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">One of the worst contracts of the offseason is one that the Dodgers seem adamant on seeing through. While there&#8217;s still reason to hope that Conforto&#8217;s playing time will be more limited when Kim and Hern\u00e1ndez return \u2014 and maybe the faintest sign they&#8217;ll cut him loose when the rest of the injured position players make their way back \u2014 fans are losing hope that the Dodgers are ever going to be able to admit that they were wrong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We probably already know what&#8217;s going to happen. 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