SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement

Sep 09, 2025

SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits a hit in the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on the 7th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement
San Francisco Buster Posey poses with a jersey at the joining ceremony of Rafael Devers, who was traded from the Boston Red Sox on June 18 (Korea time). AP Yonhap News
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo said, "It is not an exaggeration to say that this year is actually the major league debut season.

He signed a six-year, $113 million contract last year and wore a San Francisco uniform, playing 37 games and ending the season. In the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park on May 13 (Korea Standard Time), he injured his left shoulder when he hit the fence while trying to catch Jaymer Candelario's ball in right-center with two outs in the top of the first inning.

Since he failed to play the season with five months left, it can be said that he has challenged again this year in terms of adaptation. Everything is new. Including this year's spring training, it is a big income that he has been playing a murderous 162 game schedule between the east and the center without injury for more than six months.




SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement
This year is actually the major league debut season. AFP Yonhap News
Lee Jung-hoo, who has played in 134 games as of Tuesday, has already surpassed the season's standard at-bats (502). He entered 559 at-bats for a batting average of 0.267 (135 hits in 506) with seven home runs, 49 RBIs, 66 runs, 44 walks, 64 strikeouts, 10 steals, OPS 0.740 and OPS+ 113, bWAR 2.0.

Among the hitters in the team, only five players, including Lee Jung-hoo, Elliott Ramos, Matt Chapman, Willy Adames and Rafael Devers, have filled the regular at-bats, and Lee Jung-hoo is fifth in the bWAR after Chapman, Adames, Logan Webb and Robbie Ray. This is why analysts say that it is an performance that cannot be disparaged given the jagged hitting sense that lasted from May to the end of July.

In the second half alone, he ranks first in the team with a batting average of 0.304 (49 hits in 161 times at bat). In particular, he is hitting a batting average of 0.474 (9 hits in 19 at-bats) in five games in September. It doesn't mean much, but it is a figure that is tied for third place in both leagues. Although the batting average in the second half of the season is far below expectations with 0.152 (5 hits in 33 at-bats), it should be noted that the season is ending with a slump in the middle of the season and a sense of hitting back on track.




For this reason, there are positive predictions that Lee Jung-hoo will be able to perform an upgraded performance next year, the third season of his contract.

SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement
San Francisco Eliot Ramos, Lee Jung-hoo, Drew Gilbert. ImagesYonhap News
In a recent interview with the local podcast 'KNBR 680's Murphy & Markus', San Francisco President Buster Posey said, `I think this is a big season for Lee. Because at the end of a major league season (at the end of a full-time season), you know what you need."You must have played every day without resting, crossed the continental United States, and felt what physical and mental exhaustion was like."

In other words, Lee Jung-hoo must have realized a lot in that he spent his first big league season without any injuries, especially last year without any aftereffects of shoulder surgery.




President Posey then said, "Lee Jung-hoo overcame a severe slump in May-June and recovered from a slump caused by some or many variables in such difficulties." Lee Jung-hoo, who had a good start to the season but was sluggish, seems to have returned to hitting by pushing the ball back to create a hit, which is a hit that hits the ball when necessaryWe admit that Lee Jung-hoo is such a player. If you have really good bat control and send the ball to where you want it to be, it can be very annoying to the opponent."

SF President Lee Jung-hoo admitted his revival, learning a lot in the first full-time season and getting better next year a public statement
There is a positive outlook that Lee Jung-hoo will take an upgraded hit next year. ImagesYonhap News
The squared up rate is an indicator of bat control. Lee Jung-hoo is in the top 5% with a ratio of 34.4%. Statcast said 'If you hit a ball that hit more than 80% of the maximum batting speed that can be combined with the speed of the pitcher's ball and the bat speed of the batter, you think you hit it as a straight hit. In other words, 34.4% of Lee Jung-hoo's hits were correct.

President Posey "I emphasize again, but I think Lee Jung-hoo is learning a lot from his first full-time season. When the offseason comes, we will know how to do better next year based on this season's data,' he said, looking forward to Lee Jung-hoo's 2026 season.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.