Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)

Aug 19, 2025

Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)



Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)
Can we add the expression 'Resurrection' for this kind of play.

To be honest, San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo is still a long way off. He is not performing at all worthy of his ransom. It seems to have recovered a little in August, but it is not enough to make up for the sluggishness. The record of consecutive hits continued, but it was a result of luck rather than skill. In terms of actual content, he couldn't hit any hard hits.

Lee Jung-hoo continued his hit streak in seven consecutive games. It was the second hit in seven consecutive games in August.




Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth center fielder in an away game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California on the morning of the 19th (Korea time) and recorded one hit in four at-bats. As a result, Lee Jung-hoo increased his hit in consecutive games from the game against San Diego on the 12th to seven games.

First of all, 'Lee Jung-hoo in August' seems like a pretty good hitter. At the start of August, he hit '8 consecutive hits' and continued to hit again for seven consecutive games after one game break. He has hits in 15 of the 16 games he played in August.

Thanks to this, his monthly batting average reached 0.333 (20 hits in 60 times at bat) in August. This is a good number, slightly exceeding the monthly batting average (0.324) in April, when the hitting was in full swing.




Based on these figures, Lee Jung-hoo seems to be on a fairly good track. But it's just an illusion. His season performance is still only 0.260 (116 hits in 447 at-bats). Considering that Lee Jung-hoo will receive an annual salary ($16 million) that ranks fifth in the team this year, it can be said that the performance is too poor.

Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)
In addition, the recent game, which is beautifully packaged with the expression '7 consecutive hits', is not actually very good. During the period, he had only one multi-hit game (2 hits in 4 at-bats against Tampa Bay on the 17th). Most of all, he didn't have a single RBI, and he only scored two points. Of the seven games in which Lee Jung-hoo continued to hit consecutively, only two won the team.

In particular, Lee Jung-hoo recorded a negative WPA (contribution to the probability of winning) in three out of seven games. This means that Lee Jung-hoo is not helping the team win much in offense and defense. It is not well highlighted due to the great support of domestic fans, and it is difficult to say that Lee Jung-hoo's second year of Major League Baseball has been very successful so far.




In addition, the game against San Diego on the 19th, when he completed seven consecutive hits, was sluggish in terms of hitting. I was just lucky enough to get one hit.

Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)
Evidence that Lee Jung-hoo's batting sense is bad comes from the fact that he has never had a hard hit with a batting speed of 95 miles per hour (153 kilometers per hour) or higher in his four at-bats. There was no batting over 90 miles (about 145 kilometers) let alone 95 miles. This means that the ball is not strengthened as accurate contact is not made.

In the top of the first inning with a 4-0 lead, Lee Jung-hoo hit a 78.7-mile sweeper on the outside of the fourth pitch from 1B2S against Nestor Cortes and grounded out in front of the pitcher. The batting speed was only 86.5 miles.

He had a hit in his second at-bat in the top of the third inning with one out and a runner on the first base. Lee Jung-hoo swung the bat at Cortes' first-pitch cutter (85.9 miles) that flew high on the course. The ball that slightly missed the top of the bat took a strong reverse rotation and fell to 62m in front of center field.

It became a lucky hit as the ball fell into the ambiguous middle of the inside and outside. At this time, the batting speed was only 64.7 miles. Literally, a slightly gained ball was lucky to be a hit.

However, Lee Jung-hoo's luck ended there. Lee Jung-hoo, who met Cortes again with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the fifth inning, turned the bat as it was when the second four-seam fastball (90.2 miles) came into the slightly higher course following the first ball. The speed of the ball is 87.9 miles, the strongest force of the day. But it wasn't enough to be a hit. San Diego center fielder Bryce Johnson took it easy.

Lee Jung-hoo's last at-bat was in the top of the eighth inning when he was chased 4-3. Lee Jung-hoo, who came out as the leadoff hitter, pulled an 88-mile slider on his body in the fourth pitch of the ball count 1B2S against the changed left-hander Wandy Peralta and grounded out to first base. The speed of the ball was 70.3 miles. A ball of this speed is undoubtedly caught by Major League defenders.

Resurrection? It was a long way away. I was lucky today, SF Lee Jung-hoo. Luck's 7G consecutive hits, in reality, Heart Hit Zero (0)
As such, Lee Jung-hoo's overall hit on the day was not good. With luck, he only added one hit. There is something in common between the three at-bats that did not get a hit. All of them played a hasty game within four pitches. And the batting speed was all less than 90 miles. It is evidence that he couldn't hit the ball accurately in the center of the bat because he was in a hurry at the plate. If you weren't lucky, it was a performance that was not strange even if the hit in consecutive games was stopped.

"Seven consecutive hits" is just a good pun to hear." If the team fails to produce a strong hit that actually adds to the team, the upward trend, which briefly recovered in August, may also disappear. Lee Jung-hoo needs to wake up.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.