End it...It's a quarter of a percentage point SF Lee Jung-hoo, who has slumped for two months, has no hit in four at-bats against Chicago W. I can't see a solution

Jun 28, 2025

End it...It's a quarter of a percentage point SF Lee Jung-hoo, who has slumped for two months, has no hit in four at-bats against Chicago W. I can't see a solution



"Psychological Maginot Line" also collapsed. The 'grandchild of the wind' is now reduced to a below-average batter.

There is no solution at all. San Francisco Giants center fielder Lee Jung-hoo (27) is suffering from a severe hitting slump that has been going on for nearly two months. Director Bob Melvin's 'Target Adjustment' is also not working at all. In nine days, he went down to the sixth batting order to relieve the burden, but he bowed his head to no hits in four times at bat.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth center fielder in an away game against the Chicago White Sox in the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, on the morning of the 28th (Korea time).




In a home game against the Miami Marlins at Oracle Park in San Francisco on the previous day, Lee Jung-hoo came out as the fifth center fielder and scored one hit and one run from four times at bat, including a triple, showing signs of getting out of the slump. The triple, which came 11 days after the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 16th, was expected to restore Lee Jung-hoo's confidence.

Coach Melvin adjusted the batting order to No. 6 again in consideration of Lee Jung-hoo, who is just showing signs of recovery. The '6th hitter Lee Jung-hoo' card, which first appeared in the season at home against the Cleveland Guardians on the 19th, reappeared in 9 days.

End it...It's a quarter of a percentage point SF Lee Jung-hoo, who has slumped for two months, has no hit in four at-bats against Chicago W. I can't see a solution
Coach Melvin has been putting Lee Jung-hoo in various batting order this season. In the early days of the season, when the hitting was in full swing, they were placed in clean-up batting order starting with No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. Then, it was raised in the order of batting first and second. As the batting sense fell, it went down to No. 7 following No. 6. He played in center field No. 7 for the first time in a game against Cleveland on Tuesday. After that, it was re-positioned as No. 5 and then went out again as No. 6 before this Chicago.




However, the batting order movement was of no use again this time. Lee Jung-hoo did not contribute to the team at all, with no hits in four at-bats on the day.

Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the plate for the first time after one out in the top of the second inning, met Chicago right-hander Aaron Civale for the first time. Civale is an ordinary pitcher with a 1-3 record and a 5.03 ERA this season. It's hard to say it's a tricky type. Lee Jung-hoo in April was a good pitcher to target.

But `Lee Jung-hoo in June' did not beat Civale. Lee Jung-hoo, who watched his first at-bat strike, calmly picked out three balls and made a full count. Then, when the cutter (90.8 miles) on the sixth pitch came outside, he pulled it quickly. The ball hit the bottom of the bat couldn't stretch far. It was only 92.5 miles away. It was a ground ball in front of the first baseman.




Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the batter's box for the second time as a leadoff hitter in the top of the fourth inning, faced Civale this time. Unlike in his first at-bat, he won the game quickly. He swung his bat at the cutter (88 miles) high on the third pitch at the ball count 1B1S, and only grounded out in front of the weak third baseman.

End it...It's a quarter of a percentage point SF Lee Jung-hoo, who has slumped for two months, has no hit in four at-bats against Chicago W. I can't see a solution
In the top of the sixth inning, he was out with a fly ball to center field against Tyler Alexander, a changed pitcher who came to the batter's box with no outs and no outs, and he couldn't even make a true hit. Lee Jung-hoo, who came out as a leadoff hitter in the top of the eighth inning when the game was turned around 3-1, faced left-hander bullpen pitcher Tyler Gilbert. He hit a sweeper (81.2 miles) on a ball count of 1B1S. It was a ball with a 96.4 mph ball speed, but it went straight to center field.

In the end, Lee Jung-hoo avoided strikeouts, but ended up hitting all four at-bats. This eventually collapsed the season batting average of 250. Lee Jung-hoo's batting average for the season fell to 0.248 (74 hits in 298 at-bats). This ranks 100th among all major league hitters who have met the regulation at-bats. It means below the middle.

Lee Jung-hoo, who was a batter the Major League was paying attention to two months ago, is now a batter below average. At this pace, we are now in a position to worry about the collapse of 20%, not the return of 30%. Will Lee Jung-hoo be able to revive.

End it...It's a quarter of a percentage point SF Lee Jung-hoo, who has slumped for two months, has no hit in four at-bats against Chicago W. I can't see a solution
Meanwhile, San Francisco won 3-1 with catcher Bailey's come-from-behind triple in the top of the sixth inning to escape three consecutive losses.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.