Dodgers' Dave Roberts reveals honest reason $12.5M versatile defender missed Opening Day roster
Dave Roberts gave the truth as to why this World Series champion didn't make the cut.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are just days away from Opening Day and, like every team around the league, had some key roster decisions to make. One of the biggest questions centered on starter Roki Sasaki, but manager Dave Roberts made it clear that Sasaki would start the season with the club. “Asked Dave Roberts this week if Roki Sasaki was one of Dodgers best 13 pitchers this spring.
'He is going to start the season in the rotation,' Roberts said,” Dodgers beat writer Bill Plunkett wrote. The other roster battle came down to Hyeseong Kim and Alex Freeland. The concern with Kim has been his swing.
Ever since the World Baseball Classic, Kim has struggled with his mechanics, which was a major worry heading into camp. “Kim’s swing remained a work in progress Sunday, when he had just one hit — a softly lined single, followed by a stolen base and run scored — in four at-bats in a spring training game against the Cubs. Now, he has just a week remaining in spring training to try to find a fix; hoping to show the Dodgers enough to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster,” New York Post’s Jack Harris wrote.