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As expected, the major league stage is not easy.
Lee Jung-hoo (27, San Francisco Giants), who had a 'legendary performance' by hitting multiple home runs for the first time in a game against the New York Yankees, failed to win the National League (NL) 'A player of the week'.
The result is not immediately convincing. Right now, Korean fans wonder if it is right to evaluate based on statistics and team contributions.
However, from the bottom line, this decision cannot be said to be wrong. This is because a competitor who literally performed like a monster appeared. Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contrales received the award. He did a little better than Lee Jung-hoo in objective statistics. Unfortunately, Lee Jung-hoo had to aim for the next opportunity.
MLB.COM, the official website of Major League Baseball, announced 'Players of the Week' based on the performance of the second week of April on the 15th (Korea time).
Lee Jung-hoo was initially expected to be a promising candidate for the award. Lee Jung-hoo has performed at a superstar level over the past week. In particular, he hit as many as three home runs in three consecutive interleague games against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York from the 12th to the 14th, hard carrying his team's winning series (2-1).
Including these performances, Lee Jung-hoo hit an impressive stat of 0.364 with three home runs, eight RBIs, six runs and eight hits in six games over the past week, and a 0.462 OPS 1.416 on-base percentage. Usually, with this grade, you can easily win the weekly MVP.
However, the big catcher Contrales, who received '2 consecutive Silver Slugger', was no less 'Crazy Mode' than Lee Jung-hoo.
Contreras' performance in six games last week was a batting average of 0.391, three home runs, 10 RBIs, six runs and nine hits, and an on-base percentage of 0.423 OPS 1.293. He is slightly higher than Lee Jung-hoo in batting average, RBI and number of hits. On the other hand, Lee Jung-hoo had an advantage over Contrales in on-base percentage and OPS. For this reason, it is reasonable to argue that Lee Jung-hoo should have received it.
Strictly speaking, it is a close result that is not strange to anyone who gets it. Contrales has had hits in all six of his last games. He suffered from poor batting early in the opening period, but is returning to his position based on last week's hard hitting. Milwaukee went 3-3 in the period.
Although he had to put off his first chance to win the MVP award for the first week of his career, Lee Jung-hoo is now 'national star' thanks to his strong performance last week.
Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of 0.444 (4 hits in 9 at-bats) with three home runs, seven RBIs, five runs and four hits during the three consecutive games against the Yankees. The on-base percentage was 0.615, and the OPS made an incredible figure of 2.171. If this pace is maintained, the weekly MVP will be received in the future.
Lee Jung-hoo's ultimate goal is no longer 'Weekly MVP' It's worth focusing on the 'Monthly MVP' and even the regular league MVP. That's how good the pace is this season. The key is to maintain this pace until the end of the season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
