Will it really get picked? Lee Jung-hoo was nominated for an All-Star, but his performance is not good enough..Ramos and Flores are the most influential people in SF
Jun 05, 2025
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On the 5th (Korea time), MLB selected and announced the All-Star candidates for 30 clubs across nine positions in both leagues. Lee Jung-hoo was named in the San Francisco outfield three along with Eliot Ramos and Mike Yastremski.
Major League All-Star fan voting takes place twice. In the first round of voting, the AL and NL players with the most votes in each league are automatically eligible for selection, and the remaining position players are determined through the second round of voting, which is conducted for the first and second place with the most votes. It's kind of a runoff. The pitchers and backup fielders of both leagues will then be determined by voting for Major League players and evaluating MLB records.
It is virtually impossible for Lee Jung-hoo to play in the All-Star Game through fan voting. With a batting average of 0.269, six homers and a 31-run OPS of 0.739 as of the 4th, it is difficult to give out a business card to fans.
The three best NL outfielders now should be Arizona Diamondbacks Corbin Carroll, Chicago Cubs Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker, Los Angeles Dodgers Teoscar Hernandez, San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr., and New York Mets Juan Soto.
In the end, Lee Jung-hoo has no choice but to aim for a list of candidates selected by players' voting and MLB evaluation. But even this seems to be difficult. This is because Eliot Ramos, not Lee Jung-hoo, is the representative fielder of San Francisco this season.
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Lee Jung-hoo's batting sense has cooled sharply since May. He has been sluggish with a batting average of 0.148 (4 hits in 27 at-bats) in the last seven games, and has not scored an RBI in the last 15 days and a score in 11 days. In line with San Francisco's overall slump in the batting order, Lee Jung-hoo's batting order is also jagged at No. 3 → No. 4 → No. 3 → No. 2.
Four Korean major leaguers were selected as All-Stars, including Park Chan-ho, Kim Byung-hyun, Choo Shin-soo, and Ryu Hyun-jin. Of course, there have been no cases selected by fan voting. Lee Jung-hoo, who had shoulder surgery last year and did not show much performance, was considered a strong All-Star candidate as he received attention from all over the U.S. with active hitting and defense at the start of this season.
The club also has a separate event seat named after Lee Jung-hoo in the outfield at Oracle Park, and fans have formed a fan club called 'Hoo Lee Gans to cheer them on. Recently, however, this has also become a hot topic.
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In the case of Judge, it is highly likely that he will become the winner of the most votes for two consecutive years following last year. In response, MLB.com said, "'Jersey is likely to win the most votes for the second consecutive year for the first time since Alex Rodriguez (2007-2008). Of course, last year's NL MVP Ohtani should not be excluded. However, to his surprise, Ohtani has not yet won the most votes in both leagues.
The most voted All-Star fan vote since 2021, when Ohtani began writing the myth of a combined pitching and hitting, is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto), Judge in 2022, Ronald Acuña Jr. (Atlanta) in 2023, and Judge in 2024.
The first All-Star fan voting begins on the same day and ends at 1 a.m. on the 27th. The second round of fan voting will be held from July 31 to July 3. After that, the pitchers and fielders selected by MLB will be announced. The Major League All-Star Game, which marks its 95th anniversary this year, will be held at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on July 16.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
