Lee Jung-hoo's power. It's not soup! → On a day without baseball in the United States, the main character of the gatekeeper

Apr 29, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo's power. It's not soup! → On a day without baseball in the United States, the main character of the gatekeeper
Apr 24, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) on second base after hitting an RBI double against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images



Lee Jung-hoo's power. It's not soup! → On a day without baseball in the United States, the main character of the gatekeeper
San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos (17) is congratulated by Jung Hoo Lee after after scoring the game-winning run against the Texas Rangers during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 27, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has been active this season, drawing considerable attention in the U.S. as well.

The Major League's official website, MLB.com , highlighted the `7 people who developed the team the most by themselves' with a special article on the 29th (Korea time). Lee Jung-hoo was listed in fifth place.

Major League Baseball also has a Monday 'No Baseball Day' However, all clubs do not rest like the KBO League. Only eight games were played on the day.




MLB.com published an analysis article in the gate instead of the results of the game.

MLB.com says 'Let's see how big a difference one player can make. The seven teams below have struggled in certain positions in 2024, but have been performing highly in the same positions in 2025. These achievements had a huge impact in the first month of the season '

The standard is wRC+. wRC+ is short for 'Weighted Runs Created Plus'. It is a comprehensive figure calculated by weighting various data on how many runs are contributed to the production of each at-bat.




On wRC+, MLB.com says, `For example, if the record is the same, the player who played in the batter-friendly Coors Field is lower than the player who played in the pitcher-friendly Oakland Coliseum. 'We can compare players who played in different stadiums or different eras by quantifying and normalizing scoring production capabilities.'

WRC+ is considered the most accurate indicator of attack in Major League Baseball. If wRC+ is 100, it is the league average, and if it is 150, it is 50% higher than the league average.

Lee Jung-hoo's power. It's not soup! → On a day without baseball in the United States, the main character of the gatekeeper
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 27: Jung Hoo Lee #51 of the San Francisco Giants celebrates his single against the Texas Rangers in the first inning at Oracle Park on April 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Eakin Howard/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Eakin Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Lee Jung-hoo's power. It's not soup! → On a day without baseball in the United States, the main character of the gatekeeper
Apr 24, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) at bat against the Milwaukee Brewers during the third inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images
According to MLB.com , Lee Jung-hoo showed wRC+ 159 as of the 29th, raising the wRC+ in San Francisco's center field position by 69 times.

MLB.com said it was difficult to predict what kind of player Lee Jung-hoo would be in the Major League last season. His first 37 games wRC+ was only 83. But now he hits almost every pitch in sight. Lee Jung-hoo had only six long balls last year, but he already had 16 this year."

Meanwhile, first place is Chicago Cubs catcher Carlson Kelly. He recorded wRC+ 173, up 104 times. Tampa Bay Rays center fielder (181, up 99), New York Yankees first baseman (152, up 76), Boston Red Sox second baseman (120, up 75), Cleveland Guardians second baseman (146, up 60), and Oakland Athletics shortstop (123, up 52).



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.