San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo 26 has been cited as a hope to revive San Francisco's popularity.
MLB , the official major league media, selected goals for the 2024 season of 30 major league clubs on the 15th . San Francisco was diagnosed with the need for batters, including Lee Jung-hoo, to perform steadily.
Lee Jung-hoo, who joined Nexen currently Kiwoom as the first pick in the 2017 Rookie Draft, played as the best hitter in Korea with a batting average of 0.344 1,181 hits in 3,476 times at bat and 65 home runs and 515 RBIs in 884 games in the KBO League. In his first year since debut, he won the Rookie of the Year award with a batting average of 0.244 179 hits in 552 times at bat with two homers, 47 RBIs, 111 runs and 12 stolen bases with an OPS of 812 and showed steady growth thereafter.
Lee Jung-hoo, who played with a batting average of 349 193 hits in 553 at-bats in 142 games in 2022, 23 home runs and 113 RBIs OPS.996, and won five batting titles batting percentage, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, RBIs, and most hits and the league MVP, ended the season early last year due to ankle injury ahead of his advance to the Major League, but he followed suit with a batting average of 318 hits in 86 games 105 hits in 330 at-bats with six home runs and 45 RBIs OPS.861, and successfully advanced to the Major League by signing a six-year $113 million about 150.5 billion won contract with San Francisco. It is the largest contract ever among players who have advanced to the Major League in the KBO League.
Lee Jung-hoo is a rookie player in the Major League who has never played in a single game. However, San Francisco has given Lee the fifth largest contract in its history, following Buster Posey nine-year, 167 million U.S. dollars, Zani Cueto six-year, 130 million dollars, Matt Cain six-year, 127.5 million dollars, and Barry Zito seven-year, 126 million dollars. I have high expectations for Lee. Manager Bob Melvin said he will assign Lee Jung-hoo as the starting center fielder and leadoff role this season.
Lee Jung-hoo, who is about to make his major league debut, is raising expectations by posting a batting average of 348 in nine games 8 hits in 23 at-bats with one home run, three RBIs, four runs scored, and one stolen base OPS.945. 토토사이트
San Francisco Giants, which ranked fourth in the National League West last season with 79 wins and 83 losses, has made efforts to strengthen its batting lineup by recruiting Lee Jung-hoo, Jorge Solaire 42 million U.S. dollars for three years, and Matt Chapman 54 million dollars for three years last winter. By aggressively recruiting players, the team has expressed its commitment to challenge itself again in the fall baseball and the World Series.
MLB said, "The platoon is good as long as it goes well. However, San Francisco did not have much impact after actively adopting the platoon system for the past two years. The team remained in the bottom 10 in terms of scoring per game and team OPS for 2022 and 2023." It added, "The hope is that new Korean stars Lee Jung-hoo, Matt Chapman, and Jorge Soler will bring together fans and elevate San Francisco's ranking in the National League West by adding consistency to the lineup."
