LOS ANGELES — Hyeseong Kim did not sign with the Dodgers to play in the minor leagues.

“It’s not like I had the desire to go down to the minors. But if it all came down to it, I didn’t mind going down to the minors. It happened,” Kim said through his interpreter.

“I mean, just looking at our roster it’s full of great players. If worse comes to worse, I was definitely prepared to start in the minors. But my goal was to survive in Major League Baseball with the Dodgers. But if it all came down to it, I was okay with it.”

Asked to make some significant swing changes, Kim opened the season in Triple-A. He spent a month there before making his MLB debut with the Dodgers in May. He was back in Oklahoma City in August on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment, returning from a shoulder injur

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