I didn't play that well in the Korean national team…He opened his eyes when he went to the Dodgers, and he had four home runs like Aaron Gigi's 'career high school announcement.'

I didn't play that well in the Korean national team…He opened his eyes when he went to the Dodgers, and he had four home runs like Aaron Gigi's 'career high school announcement.'

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Tommy Edman (30), who played as the first mixed-race player on the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Korean baseball team in 2023, seems to have opened his eyes to the hit by going to the LA Dodgers.

Edman started the home game against the Atlanta Braves in the 2025 Major League Baseball at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on the 3rd (Korea time), and played 2 hits, 2 RBIs, 1 run and 1 walk in 3 at-bats, including home runs, helping the Dodgers to come from behind to win the game 6-5. The Dodgers, where Shohei Ohtani's walk-off home run hit in the 9th inning, won the first eight consecutive opening games in the history of the defending champion.
Edman's home run started from his first at-bat in the second inning. He kicked up Atlanta right-hander Bryce Elder's fifth sinker and hit a two-run homer over the central fence. It was Edman's fourth homer of the season, which flew 105 miles (169.0 kilometers) per hour and 25 degrees Celsius.

Edman drew a walk with runners on the first base in the fourth inning, and had a chance to garner a hit to the right-handed side thanks to right-handed Pierce Johnson's first pitch curveball with one out and runners on the first base in the sixth inning. Edman displayed batting performance by freely hitting not only fastballs but also breaking balls.

Until this day, Edman had a batting average of 290 (9 hits in 31 at-bats), four home runs, seven RBIs, six runs, one walk, four strikeouts, and a .303 slugging percentage. Although it is still early in the season, he had hits in all eight games, and his batting productivity increased significantly as his slugging power improved remarkably.

Until last year, Edman had a batting average of 263 (623 hits in 2,366 at-bats) in 633 games in the major leagues, 59 homers, 242 RBIs, 162 walks, 429 strikeouts, and a .317 slugging percentage. He was recognized for his defense ability as an all-around player at home and abroad, including receiving the Gold Glove in the second baseman category of the National League in 2021, but his batting was not that special.

He hit 13 homers for two consecutive years between 2022 and 2023 and recorded double-digit homers for four seasons, but he was not a typical big shot. This year, however, he tied for second in the entire league with Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees with four homers in the opening eight games. He has one more homerun than Ohtani (three) in his team.

Edman, a switch-hitter, was a batter who clearly had strength in right-handedness over left-handedness. Depending on the situation, he was also a right-handed hitter against right-handed pitchers. However, this year, he hit well with three hits in 10 at-bats and two home runs.

After being traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Dodgers in late July last year, he completed a batting step-up. In last year's postseason, he played a batting average of 328 (20 hits in 61 times at bat), two homers, 13 RBIs, three walks, 10 strikeouts and a .354 slugging percentage, and won the NL Championship Series MVP. He signed a five-year, 74 million-dollar extension contract with the Dodgers after the season, and has been paying dearly since the beginning of the season.

If Edman continues to follow suit, he could be a boon to the 바카라사이트 Korean national team, which desperately needs to recover its reputation at next year's WBC. Edman, whose mother is Kwak Kyung-ah, a second-generation immigrant from Korea, also uses the Korean name "Hyun-soo" as his middle name. In the 2023 WBC, he became the first player of mixed race to wear the Korean national flag.

However, Edman was sluggish in three games with a batting average of 182, two RBIs, one walk, two strikeouts and a .250 on-base plus slugging percentage of .182 OPS. Korea also had a regret as it ended with an early elimination in the first round. The WBC next year could be a great opportunity for Edman. If Edman is a step-up hitter, he deserves higher expectations.