I can't believe that the opponent team, the third baseman, came out like that, Lee Jung-hoo shift?

Jun 28, 2025

I can't believe that the opponent team, the third baseman, came out like that, Lee Jung-hoo shift?
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo is warming up ahead of the Chicago White Sox game at Late Field on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) AP Yonhap News



I can't believe that the opponent team, the third baseman, came out like that, Lee Jung-hoo shift?
Elliot Ramos, Mike Yastremski and Lee Jung-hoo gather in the outfield to celebrate after winning. AFP Yonhap News
This is not a slump.

As San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo went hitless again, his batting average of .25 also collapsed.

Lee Jung-hoo played as the sixth center fielder in the first of three consecutive away games against the Chicago White Sox at Latefield in Chicago, Illinois on the 28th (Korea time) and was silent with no hits in four times at bat.




With head coach Bob Melvin pushing the starting lineup to the end of the game, Lee Jung-hoo is the only batter in the team who failed to reach first base. Of the 21 games he entered at-bat in June, he had no hits in 10 games, nearly half of them. It is a severe batting slump.

After losing 0-1 in the top of the second inning, he pulled a 90.8-mile-high fastball for the sixth pitch and grounded out to the first base after a full count battle with right-hander Aaron Sibal-ri.

In the fourth inning, when the score was tied at 1-1, he went out as a leadoff hitter and was grounded out to third base. At the ball count 1B1S, an 88-mile-high cutter that flew to the shoulder level of Sibal-ri was missed and flowed in front of third baseman Josh Rojas, who was defending forward between 2-3 bases. The batting speed was just 61 miles.




I can't believe that the opponent team, the third baseman, came out like that, Lee Jung-hoo shift?
When Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box in the top of the fourth inning, White Sox third baseman Josh Rojas was shifting on the grass in front of the 2-3rd base line and caught and handled when a ground ball came out. Photo = MLB.TV Capture
It's a kind of 'After Lee Jung Shift' that Rojas moved forward and stood near the mound, not in the shortstop position. In other words, the White Sox played after properly grasping Lee Jung-hoo's batting condition. It is a very rare shift in the Major League.

In the sixth inning, when the 1-1 balance continued, the first baseman hit left-hander Tyler Alexander's 90.5-mile fastball on the ball count 2B2S, but it was missed and floated high in front of center field.

However, after Lee Jung-hoo was out, with one out and runners on the first and second bases with one out, Patrick Bailey hit a line drive ball to the right and rolled to the fence past right fielder Ryan Noda's glove, bringing in both runners to take a 3-1 lead.




Lee Jung-hoo was the leadoff hitter in the eighth inning and had 81 horses, the highest among left-handed Tyler Gilbert's third pitches.He hit sweeper well on the 2nd, but he was caught in left-center. It was a hard hit with a launch angle of 34 degrees and a batting speed of 96.4 miles, but center fielder Taylor moved to the left and caught it with ease.

With this, Lee Jung-hoo marked a batting average of 0.248 (74 hits in 298 at-bats), an on-base percentage of 0.318, a slugging percentage of 0.406, and an OPS of 0.724. Six home runs, 34 RBIs, 46 points, 29 walks and 36 strikeouts remain the same.

I can't believe that the opponent team, the third baseman, came out like that, Lee Jung-hoo shift?
Lee Jung-hoo is signing autographs to fans who flocked before the game. AP Yonhap News
As of today, the batting average fell below the middle to 99th place among 159 batters in both leagues who passed the regulation at-bats. It is 133 percent higher than the San Francisco team's batting average (0.232), but it has become similar to the major league's overall batting average of 0.245 (22,240 hits in 82,587 times at bat). The OPS is also only 0.01 higher than the overall 0.714. In other words, Lee Jung-hoo's batting skills, who had maintained the top class for a month in April, have become the average of the major leagues.

His batting average in June was 0.162 (12 hits in 74 at-bats), ranking 151st among 159 players. The batting average in May was 0.231 (25 hits in 108 at-bats), and Lee Jung-hoo, who hit 0.319 (37 hits in 116 at-bats) and OPS 0.901 in 29 games from March to April, has fallen sharply since June.

There are a lot of missed balls, and even if they fit well, the fielder's front is most of the time, so it doesn't follow luck. The defensive shift of the opponent team after the analysis also acts as a difficult barrier for Lee Jung-hoo.

Despite Lee Jung-hoo's sluggish performance, San Francisco won 3-1 and lost three consecutive games, marking 45 wins and 37 losses, and rising to second place in the NL West in two days.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.