The double machine is deceived by breaking balls these days, Lee Jung-hoo will meet the Cubs left-hander properly on the 6th day of long hit in 9 consecutive games
May 05, 2025
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Following the collapse of the OPS of 90 percent range, the batting average of 30 percent is on the verge of collapse. Hitting is bound to take a cycle, but recently, the long hit that surprised local experts is also missing.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in a home game against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park on the 5th (Korea time), and had no hits, one RBI, one run and one strikeout in three at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo, who continued his hit in seven consecutive games until the match against the San Diego Padres on the 1st, had only two hits in 12 at-bats against Colorado from the 2nd to the same day, and his batting average fell sharply from 0.319 to 0.305 (39 hits in 128 at-bats). It is the seventh game this season that has failed to produce a hit.
Lee Jung-hoo, who debuted last year and showed potential in contact heating, mobility, and defense, has successfully completed rehabilitation after shoulder surgery and has been showing his strengths since the opening game of this season.
Contact heating based on accurate pioneering plans and colorful and stable defense with fast feet have been praised by local media. However, it seems that the strengths have gradually become dull as the recent decline in hitting continues.
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The overall hit was also lethargic. He struck out swinging in the bottom of the first inning, grounded out to shortstop in the third inning, and retired with a fly to right field in the fifth inning with one out. And in the bottom of the seventh inning, he got a pushout pitch and scored an RBI.
With one out in the seventh inning with a 5-1 lead, Lee Jung-hoo was hit in the back of his left foot by right-hander Tyler Kinley's 86.8-mile slider on the third pitch in the second strike. With his first major league RBI, third baseman Patrick Bailey homered to widen the gap to 6-1.
Lee Jung-hoo, who advanced to second base when Matt Chapman grounded out to second base, homered with Mike Yastremski on Wilmer Flores' left-handed hit to score.
However, Lee Jung-hoo failed to produce a hard hit (a ball with a batting speed of more than 95 miles) on the day. The more hard hits, the more hits and long balls.
The last time Lee Jung-hoo hit a long ball was a line drive double that he hit in the bottom of the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 25th of last month. At the time, he pulled right-hander Tobias Myers' 93.6-mile fastball toward his body, hit a double that landed on the right line at 99.6 miles and hit the fence, bringing third baseman Mike Yastremski home.
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That's why he only had eight hard hits out of the 27 hits he made to the fair area. It is 29.6%, which is lower than the season average of 34.3%.
The batting average for each type of pitch was 0.338 fastball, 0.294 breaking ball, and 0.269 off-speed, and weaknesses against breaking balls, which were consistently in the 300s, are also slowly appearing.
San Francisco will play three consecutive games against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field from the 6th to the 8th. Cubs selection is in the order of left-hander Matthew Boyd, right-hander Colin Ray and Ben Brown. Boyd, who will meet on the 6th, has an average fastball speed of 93.3 miles and a breaking ball hit rate of more than 30%. Ray and Brown are not pitchers with strong breaking balls either. It remains to be seen whether Lee Jung-hoo, who is strong in fastballs, will revive his long-shot sense in Chicago.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
