Shock! SF Lee Jung-hoo, excluding the Chicago C opponent's home game, for consideration? Or a sign of injury?

Aug 27, 2025

Shock! SF Lee Jung-hoo, excluding the Chicago C opponent's home game, for consideration? Or a sign of injury?



Shock! SF Lee Jung-hoo, excluding the Chicago C opponent's home game, for consideration? Or a sign of injury?
Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants), who is having a 'hot August', suddenly disappeared from the starting lineup. It is a measure that has never been announced, so attention is focused on the background.

San Francisco will play a home game against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the morning of the 27th (Korea time). About three hours before the home game, San Francisco coach Bob Melvin submitted the starting lineup on the day. However, the name of Lee Jung-hoo, who was the team's built-in center fielder, was not included in this.

According to MLB.COM's Game Day page, San Francisco's center fielder was Drew Gilbert, who was acquired in a trade from the New York Mets last month. San Francisco was in the order of Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Rafael Devers (first baseman), Willie Adames (striker), Case Schmidt (second baseman), Wilmer Flores (DH), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Luis Matos (right fielder), Patrick Bailey (catcher) and Gilbert (midfielder). Lee Jung-hoo will take a break from the home game.




There are usually three reasons why key players are suddenly excluded from the starting lineup. The first is the team's consideration for the physical fitness of the player, and the second is the reason for sudden injury or disease. The last case is that they have been so sluggish recently that they give the game a break with reprimand.

Lee Jung-hoo's colon seems to be the first or second case of these. It is a consideration for Lee Jung-hoo's physical fitness arrangement, or a case where Lee Jung-hoo is actually sick. In the third case, the absence of reprimand due to sluggishness makes no sense. Lee Jung-hoo was one of the hottest hitters in the team in August.

Shock! SF Lee Jung-hoo, excluding the Chicago C opponent's home game, for consideration? Or a sign of injury?
Lee Jung-hoo, who suffered a severe hitting slump in May and June, showed signs of recovery in his batting sense in July, and regained his batting performance in August after hitting hard with a batting average of around .300 at the beginning of this year. He has a 0.310 batting average (26 hits in 84 at-bats) per month by hitting all but two of the 22 games he played in August until the 25th. The OPS also reaches 0.824 (on-base ratio of 0.348 + slugging ratio of 0.476).




Recently, he did not have a hit against Milwaukee on the 23rd after 10 consecutive hits, but he has been reviving with two consecutive hits.

In the end, Lee Jung-hoo was excluded from the home game against the Chicago Cubs on the 27th due to injury or physical arrangement.

Among them, the more influential side is the consideration to save Lee Jung-hoo's physical strength. Lee Jung-hoo started every game thanks to his good batting performance in August, and recently played seven consecutive away games between San Diego and Milwaukee. It was time to give him a break at least once.




San Francisco has already given up on advancing to the postseason anyway, so there is no need to focus on the game. It is desirable for the future to save power that can be saved. For this reason, it is most reasonable at present to interpret that coach Melvin excluded Lee Jung-hoo from the game on the 27th.

Shock! SF Lee Jung-hoo, excluding the Chicago C opponent's home game, for consideration? Or a sign of injury?
However, the possibility of emergency exclusion due to injury cannot be completely ruled out. Although the club's official announcement has not been made, Lee Jung-hoo may have complained of abnormalities in his physical condition during or after the away game against Milwaukee.

During the last spring camp, Lee Jung-hoo once had pain in his back while sleeping and waking up after playing the game intact. There is a possibility that the same situation as this time may have happened again. This is why attention is focused on the background of Lee Jung-hoo's absence.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.