Hyeseong Kim

Bats L Throws R5'10" 176 lbBorn 1999 Goyang, South KoreaDebut 2025Team LADContract 3 y/$12.5M (25-27)+28-29 opt 2026: $4,083,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.4FIELD+ 101.0 at 2BTotal -0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	144	132	30	5	1	3	9	39	8	0.228	0.281	0.337	0.618	0.109	0.274	27.4	6.0	74.7	0.00
2027	193	176	41	7	1	2	13	50	7	0.232	0.288	0.322	0.610	0.090	0.272	25.9	6.8	71.3	-0.08

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 66 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Pete Orr	2005	87.8	54.6	164
2	Tim Jones	1989	93.5	66.8	145
3	Freddie Bynum	2006	90.4	89.6	101
4	Kyle McCann	2024	102.4	did not play
5	Richie Palacios	2023	89.9	99.8	315
6	Max Schrock	2021	85.2	-19.9	27
7	Andy Tracy	2000	101.8	2.6	63
8	Jonathan Aranda	2024	97.5	148.0	422
9	Bill Selby	1996	87.1	did not play
10	Ray Morehart	1926	85.7	83.1	230

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			193		41	7	1	2		7	13	50	0.232	0.288	0.322	0.610	71.3
2026*	LAN	43	131	16	30	3	1	1		5	12	31	0.259	0.323	0.328	0.651	83.9
2025	LAD	71	170	19	45	6	1	3	17	13	7	52	0.280	0.314	0.385	0.699	95.1
Career		71	170	19	45	6	1	3	17	13	7	52	0.280	0.314	0.385	0.699	95.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	131	85.8	9.1	3.4	25.3	27.0	29.2	0.261	0.341	0.304	28.8
2025	170	86.0	7.0	2.7	28.2	31.4	35.3	0.221	0.309	0.251	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	2B	45	278	46	73	3	12	0.975	+6.7
2025	LAD	OF	17	85	25	1	0	0	1.000
2025	LAD	SS	11	46	9	8	0	3	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	282	3 HR, 10 SB	0.261	0.681
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	169	5 HR, 14 SB	0.268	0.793

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.107	0.322	0.242	0.342
2025	0.412	0.312	0.373	0.285

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0