Lee Jung-hoo, aren't you holding onto SF's ankle? The skepticism that started to look up is outstanding, but how it's going to turn out in science fiction
Jun 30, 2025
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This is due to a long-term slump that lasted for nearly two months. There is concern that Lee Jung-hoo may be an obstacle to strengthening San Francisco's roster in the long run.
Published by The Athletic on the 30th (Korean time), 'The Giants Mailbag: What happened to San Francisco's attack?In the corner of ', the reader named 'David B"Do you think Willie Adames and Lee Jung-hoo won't be able to get a proper place on the roster and will hold this team back for a long time? Someone has to deal with the real problems of the Giants' future" expressed his opinion.
Adames and Lee Jung-hoo are representative players of San Francisco on long-term contracts. Adames signed a seven-year, $182 million FA contract last winter, and Lee Jung-hoo wore a San Francisco uniform for six years and $113 million in December 2023, a year before that.
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In response, reporter Andrew Bagley said, `The Giants would not have traded Devers with eight years left on his contract if they had evaluated this season as a hopeless contract year. "We know that when the Giants signed Adames as an FA, they had the premise that they would take on a position other than shortstop in the future. "It is more difficult than that to predict what will happen to Lee Jung-hoo. Because he's younger than most people realize, and he has a much higher defensive value as a center fielder.'
In other words, the trade of Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox on the 16th has nothing to do with the sluggishness of Adames and Lee Jung-hoo. In other words, he plans to bring in Devers from a long-term perspective and use him as a designated hitter or first baseman. Instead, reporter Bagley seems to have expressed his opinion that Lee Jung-hoo acknowledges his defense, but his offense remains to be seen.
Journalist Bagley then said "The Giants have much less financial leeway than they did this time last year. If you are pursuing the continuity of the beast group, you have to bear it to some extent. The Giants shouldn't be in a situation where they have to develop prospects through the draft over the next five to six years and bring in expensive FA", he pointed out.
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Lee Jung-hoo is even worse. He received all kinds of praise by marking a batting average of .319 until April, but suddenly declined in May and reached an uncontrollable state. Lee Jung-hoo, who had no hits in the past three consecutive games until the Chicago White Sox match, had a batting average of 0.243 (74 hits in 304 times at bat) and an OPS of 0.713, respectively. He ranks 115th in batting average and 113th in OPS among 158 hitters who have met the regular at-bats in both leagues.
For the first time this season, all Major League hitters were humiliated to fall below the batting average (0.245) and OPS (0.715). In particular, his batting average of 0.150 (12 hits in 80 at-bats) in June is 155th overall, and his batting average of 0.063 (2 hits in 32 at-bats) in the last 10 games is 'last place'. These are clearly visible records to San Francisco fans.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
