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Dodgers' $12.5M All-Star, World Series champion in serious danger of missing Opening Day roster

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are known for landing some of the biggest names in free agency and rebuilding for another run at the World Series. This offseason, it seemed like Edwin Diaz would be the marquee signing — until the Dodgers won the bidding war for Kyle Tucker.

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“Kyle Tucker, the consensus best player available in free agency, agreed to join the Dodgers on Thursday, sources told ESPN, a little more than a month after star closer Edwin Diaz did the same. Tucker's deal is for four years at $240 million and includes opt-outs after the second and third seasons, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers,” ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez wrote.

During Spring Training, several Dodgers have been participating in the World Baseball Classic. Shohei Ohtani didn’t pitch for Team Japan, but he kept the Dodgers updated on his bullpen sessions.

“Obviously, he’s not in real spring training, Cactus League games,” pitching coach Mark Prior said. “But he is getting the volume and the workload, and I think the intensity, the most he can get out of it, is showing up in the velocity. He’s in the mid-90s. Everything is tracking from where he left. So I think from that standpoint, we’ve probably got the best possible outcome for what he’s trying to accomplish in the midst of this tournament.”

With Spring Training nearly over, the Dodgers have some tough roster decisions to make. Hyeseong Kim appears to be struggling to secure a spot on the Opening Day roster.

“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.

Kim could be a valuable weapon for the Dodgers, but much of that depends on his ability to get on base and steal. If he struggles in that area, his value sitting on the bench diminishes.

While Kim was a promising signing last offseason, he has yet to fully establish himself at the major league level. The Dodgers want him on the roster, but if no improvement comes, he may not make it for Opening Day.

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