The main character of SF's sensation? Of course, Lee Jung-hoo ESPN and OPSWAR are both eighth in the total, but they are experts who are excluded from the top 10 hitters

Apr 18, 2025

San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo is settling on second base after hitting a right double in the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 17th (Korea time). Lee Jung-hoo took advantage of the opponent's center fielder's throwing error, which came out during Matt Chapman's heavy hit. AP Yonhap News

Earlier in the season, it was diagnosed that the unexpected gust of the San Francisco Giants was due to Lee Jung-hoo.

ESPN put San Francisco in fourth place on the 18th (Korea time) in a corner titled "'3rd week of MLB Power Ranking: Who is No. 1 among Dodgers, Mets, and Padres?' and the Giants are making a splash thanks in part to outfielder Lee Jung-hoo. He said he is making his second season in San Francisco his year.

San Francisco ranks second in the NL West with 13 wins and 5 losses as of the 17th. It is 1.5 games behind the first-place San Diego Padres (15 wins and 4 losses), and San Diego, San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Dodgers (14 wins and 6 losses) are in first to third place in the overall Major League rankings, so it is a heyday season in the NL West. ESPN explains that Lee Jung-hoo is the player who leads San Francisco in offense and defense.

The media continued 'Lee Jung-hoo continued his peak performance, especially with two home runs in a game in New York last weekend'He is the top overall in the category with 10 doubles, and has a slugging percentage of 0.647. One thing that is particularly noteworthy is that you never miss a real pitch. He targets real throws and causes extreme damage to his opponent, and connects them all with long balls. He said he has more than doubled at-bat, where the number of long balls is less than half compared to last year.

Lee Jung-hoo hits 10 doubles, ranking first in the entire major league. Lee Jung-hoo hits a double to the right in the fifth inning. AP Yonhap News

Lee Jung-hoo, who missed the last four consecutive away games against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 18th, has a batting average of 0.338 (23 hits in 68 times at bat), three homers, 14 RBIs, 19 runs, seven walks, 12 strikeouts, three steals, an on-base percentage of 0.395, a slugging percentage of 0.647, OPS 1.042, 14 long hits, and 44 hits.

As ESPN emphasized, the double is the lone lead overall, tied for fifth in batting average, sixth in hits, tied for second in runs in the NL, tied for 11th in RBIs, 15th in on-base percentage, 3rd in slugging percentage, 4th in OPS, tied for first in long balls, and tied for fifth in Ruta. He is also in the lead in WAR. bWAR (1.3) is tied for fifth in NL, and fWAR (1.2) is fifth. Of course, it is first in most categories within the team.

The fact that Lee Jung-hoo is ranked No. 1 in team contribution also appears in the number of wins of 'Player Of the Game' selected by MLB.com through fan voting in every game. As of today, Lee Jung-hoo was selected the most four times, followed by Mike Yastremski and Wilmer Flores, who tied for second with two.

Lee Jung-hoo was selected as the best player in the game against the Seattle Mariners on April 6 and the New York Yankees on April 14, and against Philadelphia on the 17th. On top of that, Lee Jung-hoo was actually POG in the game against the New York Yankees on the 12th, which led to a 9-1 victory by scoring a three-run first.

Lee Jung-hoo is in the top 10 in OPS and WAR, combining both pitchers and batters in both leagues. ImagesYonhap News

In this situation, Lee Jung-hoo should be ranked in the batter's ranking top 10. However, Lee Jung-hoo was classified out of the rankings in the batter rankings introduced by MLB.com under the title of 「Early Season Hot Flow Shakes Power Rankings」,

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees ranks first, followed by Pete Alonso (Metz), Corbin Carroll (Arizona), Bobby Wit Jr. (Kansas City), Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego), Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia), Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers), Kyle Tucker (Cups), Tyler Soderstrom (Athletics), and Juan Soto (Metz).

MLB.com listed Marcel Osuna (Atlanta), Lee Jung-hoo, Jonathan Aranda (Tampa Bay), Austin Riley (Atlanta), and Kyren Paris (Angels) as players who were unfortunately eliminated.

For rankings, the media ranks the power according to a certain formula created by the 'MLB.com data team. He explained that the player's recent performance, accumulated performance in the season, and performance over the past 365 days are all counted, and the latest performance is the most important.

It is hard to understand that Lee Jung-hoo, who was in the overall top 10 in OPS and WAR this season, is missing. Lee Jung-hoo ranks 8th in OPS, 9th in bWAR, and 8th in fWAR in both leagues. This is in contrast to MLB.com 's ninth place in the category, which appears like a comet this season and ranks first in the category with nine home runs.