His back is working well. Lee Jung-hoo is ready to play in the opening game, and after 10 days of back pain, double bam!
Mar 24, 2025
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This is the end of the verification. Lee Jung-hoo (27, San Francisco Giants)' back pain completely disappeared and became a healthy body again. All that is left is to play in the opening game of the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB).
'The Son of the Wind' returned to San Francisco as the center hitter in good health.
Lee Jung-hoo started the game against the Sacramento Rivercats at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California on the 24th (Korea time) as the third batter center fielder and doubled from his first at-bat. The Sacramento Rivercats are a minor league triple-A club affiliated with San Francisco. This game was San Francisco's own practice game against a minor league team.
Still, the real game is the real game. It is necessary to make sense that Lee Jung-hoo has re-emerged in practice. This is proof that he finally shook off his back pain.
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The back pain, which was expected to heal quickly, not during the activity, did not easily subside. San Francisco coach Bob Melvin also worried on the 18th that `his condition is not getting better.' In the end, San Francisco entered the `special management' of Lee Jung-hoo. He was asked to undergo a detailed examination such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), followed by a follow-up treatment by his team doctor Dr. Kenneth Akazuki.
Fortunately, the results of the close examination were good. The San Francisco club announced on the 19th that an MRI examination of Lee's back found no abnormalities. The San Francisco Chronicle, a San Francisco area, also showed no structural damage on MRI examination of Lee's back. I will continue my rehabilitation, and I will not be absent from the long-term,' he reported.
Even after this diagnosis, Lee Jung-hoo did not return to the real game immediately. Pain remained, and the San Francisco club carefully scheduled Lee Jung-hoo's return. As he was classified as a key player in the team, he carefully pushed for his return.
In the end, Lee Jung-hoo, who started again as the center hitter against Sacramento after a 10-day break, hit a delightful double that blew away the concerns of team officials from his first at-bat.
Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the first batter's box with one out and a runner on first base in the top of the first inning, hit a timely double to cut right-center against opposing right-hander Keaton Wynn to bring the first baseman home. All the moves were made naturally from the swing and impact of in-and-out to the first base and landing at second base. There were no signs of back pain.
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In his third at-bat with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead, Lee Jung-hoo, who hit a ground ball to the first base, was replaced in the top of the sixth inning and finished the game. As it was a check on the back condition, there was no need to play the game until the end. With three at-bats and defense already, Lee Jung-hoo proved. That his physical condition is enough to play the opening game.
What's left is his condition after the game. Even if there is no abnormality during the game, pain may recur after the game. If this problem does not occur, '100% ready to launch'.
Lee Jung-hoo is expected to play in one of the two final exhibition games against the Detroit Tigers scheduled for the 25th and 26th, and then play in the 2025 MLB opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 28th.
Considering that it is an away game in the opening game, chances are high that he will play in the game against Detroit on the 25th and take a break on the 26th and 27th after checking his sense of play. I'm looking forward to how Lee Jung-hoo will perform as San Francisco's No. 3 hitter in the second season of MLB.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
