The narrative went from “they’re doing all this to lose in the first round” to “dodgers are ruining baseball wah wah wah” nobody was complaining when the padres spent a billion dollars on their infield
Ive been here with my feet kicked up, popcorn on hand, and Dodger hater moms on my lap, loving the hate now. my favorite thing to do when Im down lately is come to baseball comment sections and I feel instantly better about my day. Lets Go Dodgers!
Of course he wants to be a Dodger to try to show up Ohtani who’s Japanese. Won’t work - a utility player trying to outshine the best baseball player in the world and y’all praising him. 😂
Yup I love my dodgers team I don’t care what these other fans from other teams say they are just jealous of our team because their teams don’t spend or upgrade their teams never maybe they should complain to there own teams and there owners
everyone sees the big names the Dodgers have but they do not look at the farm system they have. They also turn bad players into good players. they have a good coaching staff and they play the game right. Sometimes the little things matter.
There farm system is the entire league. Free agency is only for a handful of teams. There coaches and owners are not saints and geniuses. They are one wealthiest teams in all of sports who have chosen to go scorched earth. Only side effect is revenue sharing punishes owner in small markets who spend money. it does not lead to more revenue . Might as well get rid of small market teams they have no chance
@ right… the rangers won last year not the Padres dodgers Yankees or Mets and baseball has always been about money yet small teams still have fans and viewers
Dude has to perform first. He may fail miserably having to face MLB players and deal with Americans all over. Not everybody travels well to foreign countries
@@TheOtherKine No team in the league can elevate under appreciated players better than the Dodgers. Given the past decades, i think the odds of him performing is good.
playing for the Dodgers is the place to be in baseball for the foreseeable future. Mookie said it best himself. "you're all gonna have to wait at least 8 years till you get a chance" 😂
If this guy learns to lay down a _really_ good bunt, he would be absolutely terrifying to opposing infields. Imagine Hye-Seong Kim and Tommy Edman one after the other, followed by one of the big sluggers like Shohei. We saw a glimpse of this sort of small ball in the playoffs with Tommy and Gavin Lux.
As a Mariners fan, it’s frustrating to reward a franchise that shows no effort to try to end their status of the only team to never win a pennant. Growing up in So Cal, I’m for everything the Dodgers are doing. Prioritizing putting an entertaining, winning team on the field each year.
It’s the owners of other teams bro they are being selfish and greedy with there money and don’t want to upgrade their teams they can do the same thing like the dodgers but they don’t which is stupid and boring for the sport baseball isn’t the same anymore it has changed a lot
The thing about mookie at SS in 2024 is that it was a very late decision. He was prepping to play 2b and Lux busted at SS so mookie switched. Now Mookie has all offseason to practice. He'll do fine.
As a Korean it's going to be very interesting to hear announcers trying to pronounce his name. His name sounds like Hey Sung Kim with the Y in Hey being pronounced almost not pronounced. So maybe Heh Sung Kim.
Little did you know that Hye-Seong Kim actually called Ohtani (yes he does have Korean friends) to find out more about the Dodgers organization in regards to transition to the MLB, and their track record for player development/success. He saw how beneficial year 1 was for Ohtani and Yamamoto and how the overall fit made sense from a competitive aspect and cultural comfort level all while becoming a better player. The Dodgers are fans to many international countries and Korea is right up there with Japan. A big market with the most DEDICATED fanbase that go HARDER than any other franchise at home or on the road win or lose. The best well ran organization that hasn't missed a postseason since 2012, have made 5 WS appearances in the last 8 years, and won 2 (really 3 - 2017) in that span. They've put themselves in a position to not only be successful but contenders for the foreseeable future, and their core of superstars are locked up for the rest of their MLB careers. To be apart of a locker room full of selfless DAWGS with no EGOS, who play the game the right way and for each other. Hell, sign me up right tf now!! 😂😂😂
Seems like he could be a great contact hitter, with a high OBP, scoring a lot of runs (if the people behind him can hit well), and driving in a lot of runs (if the people in front of him can get on base). He could end up being a very valuable addition to the Dodgers.
You said it pretty well: Low risk high reward kind of player here. I think this guy could be a pretty solid utility player for the Dodgers these next few years, which I will never complain about!
yea cause Samsung decides his fate. Korea just wanted to send one of their players to the dodgers so that they can dickride Japan and gain a fraction of attention to Korean baseball.
He could play a big role in helping the Dodgers with their regular season extra innings issues. Teams that hit for a lot of power do not perform well in the extra innings. Base running speed and contact is what matters most with the new rules. They could bring Kim in to be the runner at second to start the 10th. Or they could use him with a runner on third less than two hours. You just need somebody that will put the ball in play in that situation and that’s what Kim does best. He can also help as a late inning defensive replacement or as a pinch runner after the seventh inning to try to extend a lead. If any player gets a walk after the seventh inning it would basically be a double after Kim pinch runs for them. He is not going to be a star but he can really help this Dodgers team with a specific need
It's only temporary. Just imagine what it'll be like in 10 years and the future after that. What will the MLB and American sports do, when most of their best players end up as foreigners like it is in Europe with the EPL etc - there will be a backlash and a halt to all this
You could say the same thing about Dominican/Caribbean players though. Soto specifically said he wanted to stay on the east coast bc it’s closer to DR. Japan is closer to the west coast, sometimes players just want to be closer to their home country
The Gold Glove Award in Korea doesn't go to the best defensive player for a position. In Korea, the Gold Glove Award goes to the best player in the position. The vote for the best player in the position is heavily weighted towards offense (batting and base stealing). His Gold Glove for shortstop wasn't for defensive prowess. The report of him winning four KBO Gold Gloves in Wikipedia is wrong.
In fact, Kim had a shitty year defensively playing shortstop in 2021. In fact, he made 30 errors and doesn't have the arm to project as an every day major league shortstop at this point. This goes to show that this iTalk studios guy does not do enough research before spouting some of his crap. Guess he's just too lazy to do so.
2:51 Korean and Japanese teams have taken some inspiration from American teams. The Yomiuri Giants took their name off of the NY Giants (MLB), there's a Gaijin Baseball video explaining the history of the Yomiuri Giants.
Hyeseong Kim (his first name ought to be pronounced something like "hey sung," by the way. It's not the perfect pronunciation, but it's much closer than "high sung" that people are saying) is basically Ha-Seong Kim with less power, but younger and cheaper. His infield defense and baserunning prowess will help any team, and if he can be the high avg guy that he was in Korea, he'll be a perfect no.9 batter for Dodgers, setting the table for Ohtani and Betts.
@@janellokitty I know it's 혜성 and everything. I was just writing it in a way that would be most easily grasped by English speakers. All these "high sung" was really annoying me lol. (More than anything, I blame the English writing system being absolutely horrible in phonetic description lol)
@@TonyCrenshawsLatte i’m annoyed as well because once it sticks, people will mispronounce it forever. i don’t think “hey-sung” should be used at all cuz there is no “ay” sound, otherwise it would be 헤이성 which is just not possible as a korean name.
“Dodgers get all the Asian players" Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, Jung-hoo Lee, Kodai Senga, Ha-Seong Kim, Tomoyuki Sugano, Yuki Matsui: *are we a joke to you?*
Honestly we’re living in a crazy time when every single player wants to be a Dodger, I love it as a Dodger fan but also it makes me wonder why aren’t other teams going after the cheap players
Scouting helps too. Geography too. West coast teams always have an advantage when signing players from the Nippon and Korean leagues. All the more reason to be upset on how the mariners missed this one.
What's interesting about the Dodgers signing Hye-Soeng Kim is, it was reported he turned down a much higher guaranteed contract from the Angels. The offer was reported as five years for $28 million, though some of that offer may have been option money for the last year or two. Even if the mutual 2 year option is picked up by Kim and the Dodgers, Kim will only make a total of $22 million. A conversation Kim had with Shohei Ohtani may have convinced him to sign with the Dodgers. I guess it sucks trying to sign free agents when you only won 63 games last year and probably aren't projected to be a .500 team in 2025.
@@Kinghunter182comment on your own nations sports. Why should we believe the Korean media? If being Korean means you know the news, well guess what I'm a Pirates fan. I live in America, I watch the sports and the sport is beyond broken for my Pirates. Yes the Pirates ownership is apart of the problem, but the whole league allows it. The next CBA there has to be pressure on both sides to get a cap and floor in place. Restore competition to the league, and the mid-level players will get more money, the only loser would be the top guys, and they make way too much as it is.
You think a player in Korea would want to join the team that cheated the nation's favorite MLB team in a World Series? There's a reason the asstros have a hard time signing Japanese and Korean players.
@NobleDemonTim hahaha...I don't get it. Because of Yao Ming? I don't think China puts a lot of resources into baseball. Also, cheating is not just frowned upon, but harshly dealt with in that country, in case you didn't know.
I mean to be fair.. we don’t know what happened behind the curtains! Maybe those teams were vying for his services, but he decided to go to the Dodgers
No “big league talent” really wants to play for Seattle, after all these years it’s a real shame. Still waiting for the SuperSonics to come back and provide an actual show.
The Angels don’t even have a competitive team. Teams like the Mariners who have had one of the best pitching staffs in the league and barely missed the playoffs because of their piss poor offense could have swooped him in. The Pirates have a young core that may improve over time who can use someone like Kim for consistency. This is who this was directed towards. Hell even the Red Sox could have used him.
I mean cant blame him wanted to join winning organisation..Other Didn't have what dodgers have right now which is winning mentality..Other organisation only can offer money like Mets but if you wanted to win..You join dodgers
@@GJLCreativeStudios considering they have yamamoto AND ohtani money is the least of their issues because the sheer amount of money they get from japanese fans and advertising across the world more than make up for any spending they do for players. it also makes getting these foreign white-hot players easier to acquire because who WOULDNT want to be part of what could be a new baseball dynasty with the opportunity to play with the likes of ohtani, betts, freeman, yamamoto. on top of having a good supportive staff and an insanely passionate fanbase, its hard for any asian players to not wanna be a dodger atm if they have the opportunity.
I'd be nervous if I were Gavin Lux. Lux's bat doesn't make up for his mediocre defense at 2nd on a team overloaded with offense. Gleyber Torres showed why defense is important when he botched a simple throw in to basically end the Yankees' hopes of a ring in Game 1 of the Series allowing the tying run and then Freddie did his thing.
I have nothing to add to this. It's as expected period a great review about adding "hi son Kim" (thx Samsung, you're a Korean company right?) What I would continue to watch for in a trend is more Asian players gravitating towards more West Coast teams. What surprises me is why the Giants or the Mariners or the Padres haven't worked harder to get more Asian baseball players who obviously want to be closer to home!!!
I'm a Dodgers and a Mariners fan and I'm not even mad at what the Mariners are doing right now. It's just expected at this point and I know how their season is gonna go again this year 😴
The one downside of Ohtani for the Angels was that they needed a 6 men rotation of accommodate him, and they just didn't have enough talents and money to field an effective one. The Dodgers are basically building an entire team around Ohatni. They signed this guy on the cheap to attract Korean viewers and as insurance in case Ohtani misses time. And odds are, he will miss time. It's incredible how they're doing this, even with Ohtani's deferred contract.
Thing is, there was probably nothing other teams could have done to get Kim on there team. The Dodgers have such a monopoly in the east right now that he accepted less money to end up in what will likely be a non-starter role just so he could play for them. The fact that he was turning down contracts from other teams even with hours left to ink a deal most likely meant that he was completely fine continuing to play in Korea if he didn’t get to play for the Dodgers
It’s not that other teams didn’t make him an offer, I think most made very similar if not slightly better offers. He may have just chosen the dodgers. Can’t hate on other teams owners/gms just because he had a preference elsewhere.
Braves: they don’t have to do anything! Dodgers: they have everything they could possibly need but they need to reach their yearly payroll of $1 billion I’M JOKING OK I’M JUST JOKING 😭😭
Why be mad at my own team? Teams like LA and NY have been spending for years and how many rings between those two in the last 20 years? 3? Mets spend more than anybody and how many have they won? No amount of spending is ruining baseball. Especially when dudes that are barely league average are getting paid like superstars now.
He took less money to play for the Dodgers. Other teams would have had to overpay by a significant amount to sign him. Why should anyone be mad at their own teams?
The question you need to ask is why did this dude grow up a dodgers fan other teams just aren't investing in the foreign markets the way Dodgers do The 10-year-old Japanese kid growing up watching a crew of Asian players playing on one team is going to have an impact on his future
Can anyone tell more about the comparison of Hyeseong Kim and Jungho Lee in KBO like in terms of WAR? I know they play at different position but how could they sign a so different size of contracts?
Junghoo Lee has age on his side. He is also more highly touted because his father is a KBO legend. I think he was also the youngest MVP in KBO history. Hye Song Kim has had a very solid career, but nothing like Jung Hoo Lee.
Dodger haters keep moving the goalposts. First is was "1st round exits" to "Micky Mouse ring" to "Buying a ring" to "Dodgers are ruining baseball" etc etc. How about using all of that energy of getting mad at your own team for not doing anything? ALL MLB teams have the capital to sign big-name players, ALL MLB owners are *billionaires,* they can afford it. If an MLB owner tells you that they can't, they are just gaslighting their own fans because that's a straight-up lie.
Maybe Kim will have beef with Ohtani and Yamamoto, because Koreans and Japanese have always been fighting. Ww2, etc. Imagine if they start beating each other on the field
I'll be honest, when I first saw the news, I thought the Dodgers had gotten Ha Seoung Kim and was like 'Suck it Padres!' Still, if Hyeseoung Kim is anything similar to Ha Seoung Kim, I'd be pretty satisfied with this pickup.
The narrative went from “they’re doing all this to lose in the first round” to “dodgers are ruining baseball wah wah wah” nobody was complaining when the padres spent a billion dollars on their infield
Spent billion dollars / will spend a billion dollars over the course of a decade. Same thing
Yup, just bitter haters, nothing more.
Then the dodgers pay a billion dollars on one player. Weird how that’s when it happened huh?
@@Jwine3257your player can also do that ic he cares about winning and not only securing the bag. Lol
Ive been here with my feet kicked up, popcorn on hand, and Dodger hater moms on my lap, loving the hate now.
my favorite thing to do when Im down lately is come to baseball comment sections and I feel instantly better about my day.
Lets Go Dodgers!
From what I heard was that Hye Seong Kim grew up a Dodgers Fan, wanted to be a Dodger, and took a lesser contract to play for the Dodgers
I’d also want to play with shohei
Look you get 4 million and win a WS as a person would you be mad?
Makes sense. Plus inspiration from former Dodgers like Chan Ho Park and Hyun Jin Ryu 😎
Of course he wants to be a Dodger to try to show up Ohtani who’s Japanese. Won’t work - a utility player trying to outshine the best baseball player in the world and y’all praising him. 😂
He has same agent as Shohei, and did get some advise from him.
As a Dodger fan, this is a special era we’re in and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it until it ends. 🎉🥳
nobody respects you so theres that
Yup I love my dodgers team I don’t care what these other fans from other teams say they are just jealous of our team because their teams don’t spend or upgrade their teams never maybe they should complain to there own teams and there owners
everyone sees the big names the Dodgers have but they do not look at the farm system they have. They also turn bad players into good players. they have a good coaching staff and they play the game right. Sometimes the little things matter.
Lol Dodgers just spent 50 million on the away team club house. They only care about winning and making players want to come there.
@@blakelohshould they not care about winning? lol
There farm system is the entire league. Free agency is only for a handful of teams. There coaches and owners are not saints and geniuses. They are one wealthiest teams in all of sports who have chosen to go scorched earth. Only side effect is revenue sharing punishes owner in small markets who spend money. it does not lead to more revenue . Might as well get rid of small market teams they have no chance
@ right… the rangers won last year not the Padres dodgers Yankees or Mets and baseball has always been about money yet small teams still have fans and viewers
@@eazy6342 15 out of last 25 years one of five teams has been in world series and that trend is moving up
There is a good sizeable Korean population in L.A, his jersey sales will cover the salary. Dodgers doing what Dodgers do.
They’ll NEVER outsell Ohtani’s! Fans all over the world have his jersey. Dodgers bring in 120 million a year just from Ohtani merchandise.
@@kuroneko7022 You are right.
Dude has to perform first. He may fail miserably having to face MLB players and deal with Americans all over. Not everybody travels well to foreign countries
@@TheOtherKine No team in the league can elevate under appreciated players better than the Dodgers. Given the past decades, i think the odds of him performing is good.
@@kuroneko7022
Tell us something we already don’t know
playing for the Dodgers is the place to be in baseball for the foreseeable future.
Mookie said it best himself.
"you're all gonna have to wait at least 8 years till you get a chance" 😂
They have one cereal box ring and one real title trying to be the 90s yankees
@@YoureNotReetspotted a salty Yanks fan. How about you go watch that game 5 again
Diamondbacks will knock LA out of Postseason this year
@@Dyna6363lol dbacks won’t even make the playoffs stop it
@@tuankhoinguyen9198 to be fair, they DID get Burnes.
"New year, same shit for the Dodgers" is a phrase I can start getting used to
Just need Roki Sasaki and Kiké Hernandez and BINGO! We set!
thats the most loser thing I've ever heard. You guys are some scared a$$ biznitches
Im pretty sure this guy took Kike's place
Tanner Scott as well.
Honestly, where would Kike go bro? CT3 and Lux have got to be on their way out in a trade package
If this guy learns to lay down a _really_ good bunt, he would be absolutely terrifying to opposing infields. Imagine Hye-Seong Kim and Tommy Edman one after the other, followed by one of the big sluggers like Shohei. We saw a glimpse of this sort of small ball in the playoffs with Tommy and Gavin Lux.
As a Mariners fan, it’s frustrating to reward a franchise that shows no effort to try to end their status of the only team to never win a pennant. Growing up in So Cal, I’m for everything the Dodgers are doing. Prioritizing putting an entertaining, winning team on the field each year.
It’s the owners of other teams bro they are being selfish and greedy with there money and don’t want to upgrade their teams they can do the same thing like the dodgers but they don’t which is stupid and boring for the sport baseball isn’t the same anymore it has changed a lot
It's time for you to join the LA Dodgers!
Padres have Kim Ha-Seong
Dodgers have Kim Hye-Song
He Seong is FA.
The force is S(e)ong with this one!
At this point, I also expect Roki Sasaki to sign with the Dodgers
I’d be surprised if he didn’t
He will be dumb if he doesn't.
Thank you. This is the best commentary on this signing.
WHERE ARR THE CHEAP TEAMS AT!?! HELLO!!!!
No matter what he would have gone with them the Angels offered more and he declined
Dodgers are playing 3D chess while others are playing checkers.
The thing about mookie at SS in 2024 is that it was a very late decision. He was prepping to play 2b and Lux busted at SS so mookie switched.
Now Mookie has all offseason to practice. He'll do fine.
Kim is essentially a prospect 3 years of guaranteed control with 2+ years. This just shows how much depth the dodgers have
As a Korean it's going to be very interesting to hear announcers trying to pronounce his name. His name sounds like Hey Sung Kim with the Y in Hey being pronounced almost not pronounced. So maybe Heh Sung Kim.
Little did you know that Hye-Seong Kim actually called Ohtani (yes he does have Korean friends) to find out more about the Dodgers organization in regards to transition to the MLB, and their track record for player development/success. He saw how beneficial year 1 was for Ohtani and Yamamoto and how the overall fit made sense from a competitive aspect and cultural comfort level all while becoming a better player. The Dodgers are fans to many international countries and Korea is right up there with Japan. A big market with the most DEDICATED fanbase that go HARDER than any other franchise at home or on the road win or lose. The best well ran organization that hasn't missed a postseason since 2012, have made 5 WS appearances in the last 8 years, and won 2 (really 3 - 2017) in that span. They've put themselves in a position to not only be successful but contenders for the foreseeable future, and their core of superstars are locked up for the rest of their MLB careers. To be apart of a locker room full of selfless DAWGS with no EGOS, who play the game the right way and for each other. Hell, sign me up right tf now!! 😂😂😂
6:46 He looks pretty fast. I think Dodgers have enough powers, so it's a good to have a defensive util and fast player in the lineup.
Seems like he could be a great contact hitter, with a high OBP, scoring a lot of runs (if the people behind him can hit well), and driving in a lot of runs (if the people in front of him can get on base). He could end up being a very valuable addition to the Dodgers.
You said it pretty well: Low risk high reward kind of player here. I think this guy could be a pretty solid utility player for the Dodgers these next few years, which I will never complain about!
Dodgers win the World Series in 4. There I said it. I’m betting cash on it.
Pessimist. Dodgers in 3.
Nah, Dodgers can do it in 2.
Pffft.....Dodgers in 1 😉
Smh… dodgers in 0 bro trust me
Nah. Dodgers in -1
He literally took a lower contract to join the Dodgers...
Yes I know
He should be glad to even be in the MLB! Korean players haven’t even come close to the talent of Japanese players in the MLB!
Smart move. He dodged a bullet from the Angel's. 😅
@@iTalkStudios So how is it everyone else's fault when he took a pay cut to join the Dodgers?
yea cause Samsung decides his fate. Korea just wanted to send one of their players to the dodgers so that they can dickride Japan and gain a fraction of attention to Korean baseball.
He could play a big role in helping the Dodgers with their regular season extra innings issues. Teams that hit for a lot of power do not perform well in the extra innings. Base running speed and contact is what matters most with the new rules. They could bring Kim in to be the runner at second to start the 10th. Or they could use him with a runner on third less than two hours. You just need somebody that will put the ball in play in that situation and that’s what Kim does best. He can also help as a late inning defensive replacement or as a pinch runner after the seventh inning to try to extend a lead. If any player gets a walk after the seventh inning it would basically be a double after Kim pinch runs for them. He is not going to be a star but he can really help this Dodgers team with a specific need
It's not the team getting richer in talent, it's more like a player wanted to play for his favorite team growing up, Hye Seong is a Dodgers fan.
Recently it feels like with these Asian born players the teams on the east coast don’t even have a chance
Kodai Senga signed with the Mets and the Yankees have history with Japanese players so yes the West Coast is an advantage but not an absolute
@@Blakendp83 as do the cubs and red sox
It's only temporary. Just imagine what it'll be like in 10 years and the future after that. What will the MLB and American sports do, when most of their best players end up as foreigners like it is in Europe with the EPL etc -
there will be a backlash and a halt to all this
Maybe in 10 years but today over 70% of MLB is American born
You could say the same thing about Dominican/Caribbean players though. Soto specifically said he wanted to stay on the east coast bc it’s closer to DR. Japan is closer to the west coast, sometimes players just want to be closer to their home country
The Gold Glove Award in Korea doesn't go to the best defensive player for a position. In Korea, the Gold Glove Award goes to the best player in the position. The vote for the best player in the position is heavily weighted towards offense (batting and base stealing). His Gold Glove for shortstop wasn't for defensive prowess. The report of him winning four KBO Gold Gloves in Wikipedia is wrong.
In fact, Kim had a shitty year defensively playing shortstop in 2021. In fact, he made 30 errors and doesn't have the arm to project as an every day major league shortstop at this point. This goes to show that this iTalk studios guy does not do enough research before spouting some of his crap. Guess he's just too lazy to do so.
dodgers are straight up toying with the league lmao
FYI, Golden glove in KBO is not the same in MLB. They take defense and offense into account
So fun fact about the Heroes is that they used to be the Unicorns, Dolphins, Pintos, and even before that the Sammi Superstars 😂
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5:38 - Smartest thing you’ve said all year.
2:51 Korean and Japanese teams have taken some inspiration from American teams. The Yomiuri Giants took their name off of the NY Giants (MLB), there's a Gaijin Baseball video explaining the history of the Yomiuri Giants.
Hyeseong Kim (his first name ought to be pronounced something like "hey sung," by the way. It's not the perfect pronunciation, but it's much closer than "high sung" that people are saying) is basically Ha-Seong Kim with less power, but younger and cheaper. His infield defense and baserunning prowess will help any team, and if he can be the high avg guy that he was in Korea, he'll be a perfect no.9 batter for Dodgers, setting the table for Ohtani and Betts.
it’s heh-sung, not hey-sung. tho the most accurate would be hyeh-sung.
It's like a breathy "Yay"
@ there’s no “ay” sound, it’s a short “e”.
@@janellokitty I know it's 혜성 and everything. I was just writing it in a way that would be most easily grasped by English speakers. All these "high sung" was really annoying me lol. (More than anything, I blame the English writing system being absolutely horrible in phonetic description lol)
@@TonyCrenshawsLatte i’m annoyed as well because once it sticks, people will mispronounce it forever. i don’t think “hey-sung” should be used at all cuz there is no “ay” sound, otherwise it would be 헤이성 which is just not possible as a korean name.
The money and years are telling us this is a utility bench guy signing,
“Dodgers get all the Asian players"
Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, Jung-hoo Lee, Kodai Senga, Ha-Seong Kim, Tomoyuki Sugano, Yuki Matsui: *are we a joke to you?*
Great pinch runner acquisition!
Don’t be mad at the world be mad at yourself!
Honestly we’re living in a crazy time when every single player wants to be a Dodger, I love it as a Dodger fan but also it makes me wonder why aren’t other teams going after the cheap players
Scouting helps too. Geography too. West coast teams always have an advantage when signing players from the Nippon and Korean leagues.
All the more reason to be upset on how the mariners missed this one.
What's interesting about the Dodgers signing Hye-Soeng Kim is, it was reported he turned down a much higher guaranteed contract from the Angels. The offer was reported as five years for $28 million, though some of that offer may have been option money for the last year or two. Even if the mutual 2 year option is picked up by Kim and the Dodgers, Kim will only make a total of $22 million. A conversation Kim had with Shohei Ohtani may have convinced him to sign with the Dodgers.
I guess it sucks trying to sign free agents when you only won 63 games last year and probably aren't projected to be a .500 team in 2025.
No , that angels offer is not true. Dodgers made highest offer for him according to Korean media.
I'm Korean.
@@Kinghunter182comment on your own nations sports. Why should we believe the Korean media? If being Korean means you know the news, well guess what I'm a Pirates fan. I live in America, I watch the sports and the sport is beyond broken for my Pirates. Yes the Pirates ownership is apart of the problem, but the whole league allows it. The next CBA there has to be pressure on both sides to get a cap and floor in place. Restore competition to the league, and the mid-level players will get more money, the only loser would be the top guys, and they make way too much as it is.
Shohei talk to him, a guys knew the most about how bad angels are and how great dodgers are at the same place😂😂
The Dodgers should sign both Kims in order to achieve maximum confusion!
You think a player in Korea would want to join the team that cheated the nation's favorite MLB team in a World Series? There's a reason the asstros have a hard time signing Japanese and Korean players.
Tell me you hate the Dodgers without saying it.
@JayArh41 sir, are you experiencing a stroke?
@@JayArh41 You may want to double-check what @steveahn6650 wrote.
The Astros can always have China. After all, Houston is the most popular American city in China.😂
@NobleDemonTim hahaha...I don't get it. Because of Yao Ming? I don't think China puts a lot of resources into baseball. Also, cheating is not just frowned upon, but harshly dealt with in that country, in case you didn't know.
looks like a younger Jeff McNeil hitting
Yankees fan here and I applaud the dodgers!
“New year, same sh*t for the Dodgers.”
Hey, hey, hey…. I thought this was a family show.
I real deal thought they misspelled ha seong kim at first 😂
Let’s go dodgers
This is blockbuster this dude is a straight dawg! Amazing utility player
With possible Sasaki signing:
Los Asian Dodgers
Might as well trade for Yu Darvish and Seiya Suzuki
I mean to be fair.. we don’t know what happened behind the curtains! Maybe those teams were vying for his services, but he decided to go to the Dodgers
I was waiting for this video 💪🏽
Mariners fan here, goms. I was LIVID when i heard he went to the dodgers.
I’m a Sox fan so I’d give my right pinky toe to have owners like the dodgers 😂😂😂that care fans that are mad just salty they team is cheap
Yeah as a twins fan watching us do absolutely nothing year after year gets very old
He’s a AA bat he will probably need to develop a bit but Seattle needs big league talent right now (also t mobile is Where hitting goes to die)
No “big league talent” really wants to play for Seattle, after all these years it’s a real shame. Still waiting for the SuperSonics to come back and provide an actual show.
it’s pronounced “Hey-seong”
Angels did offer more but he wanted to be a Dodger.
True but they didn't offer more enough
The Angels don’t even have a competitive team. Teams like the Mariners who have had one of the best pitching staffs in the league and barely missed the playoffs because of their piss poor offense could have swooped him in. The Pirates have a young core that may improve over time who can use someone like Kim for consistency. This is who this was directed towards. Hell even the Red Sox could have used him.
I mean cant blame him wanted to join winning organisation..Other Didn't have what dodgers have right now which is winning mentality..Other organisation only can offer money like Mets but if you wanted to win..You join dodgers
winnng mentality? Its called the most money of any team in the league.
Baseball fans are complete fools
@@GJLCreativeStudios considering they have yamamoto AND ohtani money is the least of their issues because the sheer amount of money they get from japanese fans and advertising across the world more than make up for any spending they do for players.
it also makes getting these foreign white-hot players easier to acquire because who WOULDNT want to be part of what could be a new baseball dynasty with the opportunity to play with the likes of ohtani, betts, freeman, yamamoto. on top of having a good supportive staff and an insanely passionate fanbase, its hard for any asian players to not wanna be a dodger atm if they have the opportunity.
Dodgers finally catch a break.
The Dodgers mistakenly signed the wrong Kim, lol!
I'd be nervous if I were Gavin Lux. Lux's bat doesn't make up for his mediocre defense at 2nd on a team overloaded with offense. Gleyber Torres showed why defense is important when he botched a simple throw in to basically end the Yankees' hopes of a ring in Game 1 of the Series allowing the tying run and then Freddie did his thing.
I just can’t wait to see where Sasaki ends up
I feel like the Korean attendance will soar again just like when Ryu Hyun Jin was with us.
Ugh, such a smart move. I hate it so much that it was the Dodgers.
Well said iTalk!
You do have a good point about the last part of the vid
I have nothing to add to this. It's as expected period a great review about adding "hi son Kim" (thx Samsung, you're a Korean company right?)
What I would continue to watch for in a trend is more Asian players gravitating towards more West Coast teams. What surprises me is why the Giants or the Mariners or the Padres haven't worked harder to get more Asian baseball players who obviously want to be closer to home!!!
contact hitter and base runner Kim
100% agree with the point. People talking shit lie no other team could have paid **checks notes* 18 million dollas for the guy
He could've been perfect at 2B for the Red Sox instead of Vaughn Grissom, the dude the hardly played last year.
I'm a Dodgers and a Mariners fan and I'm not even mad at what the Mariners are doing right now. It's just expected at this point and I know how their season is gonna go again this year 😴
M’s owners just pocketing that cash
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The one downside of Ohtani for the Angels was that they needed a 6 men rotation of accommodate him, and they just didn't have enough talents and money to field an effective one. The Dodgers are basically building an entire team around Ohatni.
They signed this guy on the cheap to attract Korean viewers and as insurance in case Ohtani misses time. And odds are, he will miss time. It's incredible how they're doing this, even with Ohtani's deferred contract.
How is a soft-hitting infield utility guy who's gonna hit 9th in the order provide any insurance for a pitcher/DH/leadoff guy?
Thing is, there was probably nothing other teams could have done to get Kim on there team. The Dodgers have such a monopoly in the east right now that he accepted less money to end up in what will likely be a non-starter role just so he could play for them. The fact that he was turning down contracts from other teams even with hours left to ink a deal most likely meant that he was completely fine continuing to play in Korea if he didn’t get to play for the Dodgers
It’s not that other teams didn’t make him an offer, I think most made very similar if not slightly better offers. He may have just chosen the dodgers. Can’t hate on other teams owners/gms just because he had a preference elsewhere.
Im not sure what other teams could have done. The Dodgers did not offer him the most money
Braves: they don’t have to do anything!
Dodgers: they have everything they could possibly need but they need to reach their yearly payroll of $1 billion
I’M JOKING OK I’M JUST JOKING 😭😭
Lmao
I think most teams want to keep it to players everyone knows, they probably don’t want to get their feet wet
I posted this on Fuzxy's Channel, but...These Dodgers are like, "What would Kevin Durant do?" 😂🐍😅🐍
GO HALOS!!! 💯🔥💯
Don't hate! Your team is just not as smart as the Dodgers organization.
Do you understand math?
Why is “much power” more important to you in a middle infielder than hitting for average?
Are we supposed to get bad players ?? 😂😂
Why be mad at my own team? Teams like LA and NY have been spending for years and how many rings between those two in the last 20 years? 3? Mets spend more than anybody and how many have they won? No amount of spending is ruining baseball. Especially when dudes that are barely league average are getting paid like superstars now.
He took less money to play for the Dodgers. Other teams would have had to overpay by a significant amount to sign him. Why should anyone be mad at their own teams?
Hmmm. A Korean on a team with the best baseball player in the world who happens to be Japanese. Interesting.
The question you need to ask is why did this dude grow up a dodgers fan other teams just aren't investing in the foreign markets the way Dodgers do The 10-year-old Japanese kid growing up watching a crew of Asian players playing on one team is going to have an impact on his future
Just to put it out there, I’m pretty sure that it’s pronounced Hyu-Seong
Los Angeles Asians is ready to win it all again
LA East Asians
Its easy math tbh, you want win and money? DODGERS
Can anyone tell more about the comparison of Hyeseong Kim and Jungho Lee in KBO like in terms of WAR? I know they play at different position but how could they sign a so different size of contracts?
Junghoo Lee has age on his side. He is also more highly touted because his father is a KBO legend. I think he was also the youngest MVP in KBO history. Hye Song Kim has had a very solid career, but nothing like Jung Hoo Lee.
But I mean if I'm not getting much money anyway, why would I pick the pirates when I can pick the dodgers?
I can see Lux getting the ax, hopefully Chris Taylor as well as Bobby Miller.
Well, he wont get the axe, but he might be a part of a big trade, stay tuned
Dodger haters keep moving the goalposts. First is was "1st round exits" to "Micky Mouse ring" to "Buying a ring" to "Dodgers are ruining baseball" etc etc. How about using all of that energy of getting mad at your own team for not doing anything? ALL MLB teams have the capital to sign big-name players, ALL MLB owners are *billionaires,* they can afford it. If an MLB owner tells you that they can't, they are just gaslighting their own fans because that's a straight-up lie.
Maybe Kim will have beef with Ohtani and Yamamoto, because Koreans and Japanese have always been fighting. Ww2, etc. Imagine if they start beating each other on the field
I heard he was on a plane to Toronto...oh wait that was the other guy
I'll be honest, when I first saw the news, I thought the Dodgers had gotten Ha Seoung Kim and was like 'Suck it Padres!' Still, if Hyeseoung Kim is anything similar to Ha Seoung Kim, I'd be pretty satisfied with this pickup.
We need a SALARY FLOOR
Rich get richer is a theme in America. Why should people get mad about it now? Bc it’s baseball, that funny
Y’ALL WEREN’T SAYING NOTHING WHEN WE WERE 12x NL WEST CHAMPS WHO COULDN’T GET PAST THE NLDS
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Kim turned down the Angels, Padres and Cubs. I don't get it, why would Kim choose the Dodgers?
Angels offered 5/28 and he still chose the Dodgers. He was going to the Dodgers no matter what, so stop saying other teams didn't try.
He’s going to bat .210-.250’s with a .310 obp…