MLB · 2B · Los Angeles Dodgers
Hyeseong Kim
B/T L/R · 5' 10" · 175 lb · born Goyang, Republic of Korea · age 27 · played 2B 59, SS 59, CF 7, 3B 3, +2 more · MLB debut 2025-05-03
291 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Hyeseong Kim came over from Goyang, Republic of Korea, and debuted with the Dodgers in May 2025. In 114 games he hit .271 with 18 steals — he finds his way on and then he goes.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $4.08M
- Tax hit
- $4.17M
- Service time
- 1 yr 32 d
- Guaranteed
- $13M
The deal 3 years $12.5M (2025–2027), club option for 2028, club option for 2029 — $4.2M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 3 y/$12.5M (25-27)+28-29 cl opt · agent CAA · 1 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | Option |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Los Angeles Dodgers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $4.2M
- Guaranteed
- $12.5M
- Term
- 3 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $3.8M | $3.8M | $5.0M | $5.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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Umpire favor
+1.4 net runs over 19 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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