As the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare for life without Max Muncy , again, following the third baseman being placed on IL once more, the team might actually be getting some infield reinforcement sooner than some may have expected.

That's right, while Muncy works to get back from a sore side, his teammate, Hyeseong Kim, was back at the plate , taking batting practice from Kirby Yates as he works back from his own injury, as initially reported by the LA Times' Jack Harris.

“Kirby Yates is about to throw another live BP for the Dodgers today –– and Hyeseong Kim is one of the batters preparing to face him,” Harris wrote. “That's a good sign for Kim, who the Dodgers could really use in the wake of Max Muncy's injury.”

Whoa, Kim and Yates making progress in their respective returns to the fie

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