Lee Junghoo's expectations are exploding! Keep your promise to be the main center fielder! Don't feel pressured, and the media are consistent with your orders

Feb 09, 2025

Lee Junghoo's expectations are exploding! Keep your promise to be the main center fielder! Don't feel pressured, and the media are consistent with your orders
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants will begin to quench his second year in the Major League. Sports Chosun DB



Lee Junghoo's expectations are exploding! Keep your promise to be the main center fielder! Don't feel pressured, and the media are consistent with your orders
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The San Francisco Giants ranked fourth in the NL West last year, failing to make the postseason for the third consecutive year.

This year, the company plans to provide fans with an autumn baseball stage. I spent the offseason busier than any other team. Most of the FA they wanted, such as Corbyn Burns and Sasaki Rocky, could not be caught, but they filled up their own shortcomings in offense and defense. Willie Adames ($182 million for seven years) and Justin Verlander ($15 million for one year) were recruited to strengthen offense, defense and starters.

However, it is still not enough to face Earth rivals the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks. It is imperative to revive Lee Jung-hoo, who failed to properly play his debut season last year due to a shoulder injury.




Local media also cite Lee Jung-hoo as the most necessary prerequisite for San Francisco's revival.

Lee Junghoo's expectations are exploding! Keep your promise to be the main center fielder! Don't feel pressured, and the media are consistent with your orders
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo is being ordered to revive ahead of the opening of spring training. Sports Chosun DB
The Athletic cited Lee Jung-hoo as its main center fielder in an article titled `The Giants Spring Guide: 26 Thoughts on 26 Batters, From Adames to Luciano to Yastremski' on the 9th (Korea Standard Time).

The media said 'The Giants knew that Lee Jung-hoo's first major league season was an adaptation period. Lee Jung-hoo, who played only 37 games last year due to a left shoulder injury, is about to start again as he enters the second season of a six-year, $113 million contract. Before the injury, Lee Jung-hoo began to show his plus defense as a center fielder and improvement in weekly at-bats. He is expected to be the Giants' defensive asset and the best table setter in the lineup lead. It would not be bad to often try to steal bases,' he said, expressing expectations.




Lee Jung-hoo started 36 games in center field out of 37 games last year. Leadoff was listed in the starting lineup in 31 games. Lee Jung-hoo is likely to be the leadoff center fielder again this year. The media predicted that Lee Jung-hoo could revive as the lead of the lineup and the central axis of the outfield defense.

Another media outlet Yahoo Sports mentioned Lee Jung-hoo for the eighth time in a corner titled 「20 players who can return from injury and change teams」 on the 7th.

The media reported that `Lee Jung-hoo is the main variable if the Giants want to compete realistically in the tight NL West Division,' adding that the Giants could have recovered the price early if not for the injury from KBO star Lee Jung-hoo, who spent a large amount of money in the offseason last year. Elite-level contact skills began to adapt to ML, and their defense was quite compliance. However, he evaluated that he lacked stolen bases and long balls.




With franchise legend Buster Posey (president) taking the helm of the club, Lee Jung-hoo has to return from a major surgery and keep his promise as an above-average center fielder. Don't feel pressured.

It also means that San Francisco's fate depends on Lee Jung-hoo's performance in the lead in offense and defense.

Lee Junghoo's expectations are exploding! Keep your promise to be the main center fielder! Don't feel pressured, and the media are consistent with your orders
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants ended the season early last year with a shoulder injury that would start to succeed in adapting. Sports Chosun DB
Meanwhile, Yahoo Sports placed LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani at the top of the list, followed by Atlanta Braves Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider, Cleveland Guardians Shane Bieber, Cincinnati Reds Matt McLain, Detroit Tigers Javier Baez, Texas Rangers Evan Carter and Lee Jung-hoo.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.