The worst is happening! Also, SF Lee Jung-hoo, who is out of batting slump, is against a right-handed pitcher, except for the starter. an exclusion without consideration.

Sep 23, 2025

The worst is happening! Also, SF Lee Jung-hoo, who is out of batting slump, is against a right-handed pitcher, except for the starter. an exclusion without consideration.



Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) is in the worst situation at the end of the season.

As he fell into a hitting slump again, he lost trust in the team, so he was excluded from the starting lineup even though the opponent's starter was a right-handed pitcher. It is not a consideration for physical fitness, nor is it intended to treat injuries. It can be seen that Lee Jung-hoo, who is not purely hit, is 'exclusion' from power.

San Francisco announced its starting lineup ahead of a home game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on the morning of the 23rd (Korea time). Shockingly, there was no name for Lee Jung-hoo.




San Francisco coach Bob Melvin announced the starting lineup in the order of Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Rafael Devers (first baseman), Willie Adames (striker), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Bryce Eldridge (DH), Casey Schmidt (second baseman), Patrick Bailey (catcher), Herar Encarnacion (right fielder) and Drew Gilbert (midfielder).

The worst is happening! Also, SF Lee Jung-hoo, who is out of batting slump, is against a right-handed pitcher, except for the starter. an exclusion without consideration.
In the center fielder position that Lee Jung-hoo took, Tyler Rogers was sent to the New York Mets on July 31, and Gilbert, a promising player born in 2000, was put in as a trade. Gilbert is a rising star who received a first-round pick (28 overall) by the Houston Astros in the 2022 rookie draft.

Gilbert came out as a starter because he decided that it would be better to let prospects gain experience in the game than to expect Lee Jung-hoo to recover his batting sense, who fell to the bottom. It is the same decision as in the away game in Arizona on the 18th. Lee Jung-hoo was also absent on the day, and Gilbert took over the center fielder.




The worst is happening! Also, SF Lee Jung-hoo, who is out of batting slump, is against a right-handed pitcher, except for the starter. an exclusion without consideration.
It can be seen that the bench's trust in Lee Jung-hoo has fallen to the bottom. In particular, right-handed pitcher Michael McGreevy was selected as St. Louis starter on the day. McGreevy, who St. Louis picked as a first-round pick in the 2021 rookie draft, is expected to be the next-generation ace.

But I don't have much MLB experience yet. He pitched in four games (three starts) last year and recorded three wins, no losses, and an ERA of 1.96 and started the starting rotation in earnest from June this year. So far, he has 7 wins and 3 losses and a 4.08 ERA in 14 games.

Lee Jung-hoo already has experience against McGreevy. McGreevy started in a showdown at home in St. Louis on the 6th. Lee Jung-hoo also started as the sixth center fielder on the day and played an active role with four hits, one RBI and two runs from five times at bat. It was before Lee Jung-hoo was still in a slump.




The worst is happening! Also, SF Lee Jung-hoo, who is out of batting slump, is against a right-handed pitcher, except for the starter. an exclusion without consideration.
Lee Jung-hoo only hit a fly ball to center field in the top of the first inning against McGreevy, but in the top of the fourth inning, he came out as a leadoff hitter and scored a good heavy hit. His relative batting average is as high as 0.500 (one hit in two at-bats). Nevertheless, he was excluded from the starting lineup. It is evidence that the bench does not trust Lee Jung-hoo, who is among the top salary players in the team.

Lee Jung-hoo had a good batting sense until early September. However, he went hitless in seven consecutive games since the game against Arizona on the 11th. He showed signs of escaping the slump by hitting two hits against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 21st, but he went 0-for-4 again against the Dodgers on the 22nd.

In the end, Lee Jung-hoo was excluded from as many as three games in the past week, from the game against Arizona on the 18th, the LA Dodgers on the 20th, and the game against St. Louis on the 23rd. It is a disgraceful situation.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.