Kim Hye-sung, 26, who has become a Dodgers man now. His goal now is to survive in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB). To that end, he should be included in the roster for the Tokyo Series that will take place in the spring of March.메이저사이트
 
Kim Hye-sung succeeded in achieving the "American Dream" by signing a three-year $12.5 million (about 18.4 billion won) contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 4th and a five-year maximum of $22 million (about 32.4 billion won) depending on the execution of club options.
 
The Dodgers will play the opening game of the 2025 season in Tokyo, Japan, rather than the U.S. mainland. The 2025 MLB regular season opener "Tokyo Series" will be held at Tokyo Dome, dubbed the "heart of Japanese baseball," on March 18 and 19.
 
The MLB Secretariat has been holding league opening games around the world to promote the globalization and promotion of baseball. For the first time ever in 2024, the team held the opening game in Korea. The San Diego Padres and Dodgers, Kim Ha-sung's former team, played the opening two consecutive games at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
 
The MLB Secretariat will also hold the opening game of the 2025 season in Tokyo, Japan. Japan, which considers baseball a national 技, is a frequent destination for MLB players overseas. Starting with the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets held a showdown at the Tokyo Dome in Japan in 2000, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets held five matches in 2004 (New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Athletics), 2008 (Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics), 2012 and 2019 (Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics), the Tokyo Series in 2025 will be the sixth MLB opener to be held in Tokyo.

The matchups for the 2025 Tokyo Series are the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, which now belong to Kim Hye-sung. Both teams have many Japanese players. The Dodgers have Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the world's best baseball player beyond Japan, while the Cubs have outfielder Seiya Suzuki and starter Shota Imanaga.
 
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire 2025 season will depend on whether Kim will be able to play the Tokyo Series as her debut match in the Major League. Kim has no right to veto the Minor League under this contract. If she is not included in the roster of the Tokyo Series and is demoted to the Minor League, it is not easy for her to rejoin the Major League. The Dodgers has a strong base of players and is full of promising players. In other words, starting the first season with the Major Leaguer will help ease the 2025 season.
 
To this end, the Korean team should show off its presence starting with the Dodgers' spring camp at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona in the U.S. in mid-February. Kim's realistic goal is not to be a mainstay. He should secure the role of a backup infielder to assist Gavin Lux, the main second baseman, Mookie Betts, and third baseman Max Muncy.
 

The Dodgers also has abundant utility resources. Other players including Kim Hye-sung, Chris Taylor, Miguel Rojas, and Tommy Edman are playing multiple positions. Considering that Edman mainly takes the center field, Taylor and Rojas are expected to be its backup candidates.
 
Kim Hye-sung should take the case of Ko Woo-seok, who entered San Diego last season, as a lesson. Ko entered the Major League last season with high expectations and hopes that he would take the middle bullpen or a finishing position if things go well, but he pitched in six exhibition games in the spring camp and had only two losses and one hold with an earned run average of 12.60 without a win. He showed the worst slump, recording a hit rate of nearly 40 percent and an on-base allowed rate of 2.8 per inning.
In a special match against his former team LG held prior to the Seoul Series, he showed poor performance by allowing two runs in one inning by allowing Lee Jae-won a two-run shot after taking the mound due to save situation, and eventually failed to make the roster for the Seoul Series. Consequently, he never took the mound in the Major League in the 2024 season.
 
In order not to follow Ko Woo-seok's footsteps, Kim Hye-sung must confidently participate in the Tokyo Series as a member of the Dodgers by showing his ability to be on the 26-man roster in the Major League in hitting, defense, and base running in exhibition games as well as spring camp training.