Dodgers news: Hyeseong Kim, Emmet Sheehan, Kiké Hernández

Saturday night marked the first time Dodgers infielder/outfielder Hyeseong Kim and Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee played in the same major league game.

Both were teammates in on the Kiwoom Heroes (formerly the Nexen Heroes) from 2017-23 in the KBO, and both played together on the South Korean national baseball team. Sonja Chen at MLB.com talked to both players prior to this weekend’s matchup:

“It’s going to be very special,” Kim said. “We were drafted together, we’ve played together, but now we’re facing each other in the big leagues. It’s special that we’re in the same division. It’s going to be very exciting.”

Kim on Saturday had an RBI single, while Lee walked once.

After we talked yesterday morning about several rehabbing Dodgers and the possibility of Emmet Sheehan returning soon, manager Dave Roberts said Saturday that Sheehan will start one of the four games against the Padres, though hasn’t yet specified which game.

Sheehan, who struck out seven and allowed four runs in 3⅓ innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City, had a 3.97 ERA and struck out 21 against only one walk in 11⅓ innings in his four rehab starts, with a 44.7-percent strikeout rate. The right-hander was at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.

From Doug Padilla for the Orange County Register:

“This year and last year, the team being so good, I just wanted to be able to contribute and do my part and not be able to do that, it did suck, but now it’s nice to be at the end of the process,” Sheehan said in the locker room Saturday.

Kiké Hernández posted on Instagram on Saturday about the protests this week in Los Angeles:

“I may not be Born & Raised, but this city adopted me as one of their own. I am saddened and infuriated by what’s happening in our country and our city. Los Angeles and Dodger fans have welcomed me, supported me and shown me nothing but kindness and love. This is my second home. And I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart. ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights. #CityOfImmigrants”