"After Lee Jung-hoo, the player who needs to play to rebound in San Francisco" ...MLB.COM report
"After Lee Jung-hoo, the player who needs to play to rebound in San Francisco" ...MLB.COM report
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MLB.COM, the official website of the Major League Baseball (MLB), said Lee Jung-hoo needs to play to rebound from the San Francisco Giants.스포츠토토
MLB.COM selected and highlighted 10 people in the "second year of free agent (FA)" on the 12th (Korea Standard Time).
MLB.COM, which picked Lee Jung-hoo for the fifth time, explained, "The San Francisco lineup will improve with the addition of Willy Adames, but the team needs Lee Jung-hoo, who was recruited last year, to achieve results in the National League West."
Lee Jung-hoo, who played for the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO League, entered the big league by signing a six-year, $113 million contract with San Francisco ahead of the 2024 season.
The first batter and center fielder of his team cruised early on, but was hampered by injuries. In a game against the Cincinnati Reds in mid-May, he hit a hit hard against the fence in the first inning, and eventually underwent shoulder surgery. That's how Lee's first season in the big league ended.
He had a batting average of 0.262 (38 hits in 145 at-bats), two homers, eight RBIs, two steals, and an OPS (long hit + on base) of 0.641 in 37 Major League games last year.
MLB.COM said, "Lee Jung-hoo showed excellent contact ability before the injury," adding, "He recorded 9.6% swing rate, 8.2% strikeout rate, and 37.1% squared-up rate."
With excellent contact skills and pioneering eye, Lee Jung-hoo was at the top of this category.
In particular, the percentage of hitting the ball with the bat center, which MLB recently began to measure, was 37.1%, not much different from Shohei Ohtani (37.3%) who became a sensation last year.
However, the results were somewhat disappointing compared to the detailed indicators.
MLB.COM reported, "Lee Jung-hoo's record did not bring good results. He took the batter's box 158 times and hit only six long balls, including two homers. His OPS also stood at 0.641.
It was pointed out that contact ability, which is an advantage, should lead to better batting results this year.
Lee Jung-hoo, who has struggled to rehabilitate since his injury last year, will depart for the U.S. on the 13th to prepare for the 2025 season.
MLB.COM selected Cody Bellinger (New York Yankees), Kenta Maeda (Detroit Tigers), Lucas Giolito (Boston Red Sox), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LA Dodgers) as "the second year of FA to prove this year" along with Lee Jung-hoo.