NEW YORK — South Korean All-Star second baseman Hyeseong Kim and the Dodgers agreed Friday to a $12.5 million, three-year contract, the team confirmed.
Kim’s deal includes team options for 2028 and 2029. His becomes the latest addition by the World Series champions in their offseason spending spree.
Kim’s 30-day posting window expires at 2 p.m. PST and the deal must be finalized by then.
Kim, who turns 26 on Jan. 27, has played eight seasons in South Korea, the last six with the Seoul-based Kiwoom Heroes. He set career highs with a .326 average, 11 homers and 75 RBIs while stealing 30 bases.
Kim has a .304 career average with 37 homers, 386 RBIs and 211 steals for the Nexen Heroes (2017-18) and Kiwoon.
He led the KBO League with 46 stolen bases in 2021, and has swiped a league-best 211 bases since 2018. Kim also won three straight KBO Fielding Awards from 2021-23 while playing four positions for Kiwoom.
Los Angeles will pay his South Korean club a $2 million posting fee, calculated as 20% of guaranteed money.
A supplemental fee would equal 15% of any earned bonuses, escalators and compensation from option years that are exercised or become guaranteed.
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The Dodgers designated catching prospect Diego Cartaya for assignment to make room for Kim on the 40-man roster.
Coming off its second World Series title in five years, the Dodgers signed left-hander Blake Snell to a $182 million, five-year contract; kept infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman for $74 million over five seasons; reached a $17 million, two-year deal with outfielder Michael Conforto; retained right-hander Blake Treinen with a $22 million, two-year agreement; and inked a $66 million, three-year contract with outfielder Teoscar Hernández.