"It looked like a LE overpay." NL official Opan Silto changed his evaluation, Lee Jung-hoo, "Now do it like an MVP candidate."
"It looked like a LE overpay." NL official Opan Silto changed his evaluation, Lee Jung-hoo, "Now do it like an MVP candidate."
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"Lee Jung-hoo's contract seemed to be overpaying"
"The first month of the 2025 season has passed, and some teams have performed as expected, while others have made a surprising start to the season," MLB.com said on Tuesday. Lee's name was mentioned several times here.
Lee Jung-hoo wore the San Francisco Giants uniform through a six-year, $113 million (about 158.1 billion won) mega contract prior to the 2024 season. Although he did not play the full-time season due to an ankle injury in the 2023 season, San Francisco's expectations for Lee were very high. However, Lee Jung-hoo ended the season last year after suffering a shoulder injury while catching a home run hit in 37 games.
Although the league is different, Lee failed to play a proper season due to injury for two consecutive seasons, what he needed most was a sense of play in the actual match. When this year's event occurred at the Arizona Spring Camp, the U.S., Lee said, "As I fully recovered my physical condition, the most important thing is to recover my sense of play in the actual match." However, as Lee prepared so thoroughly, he quickly recovered his senses.
In the exhibition game, Lee Jung-hoo recorded nine hits, two home runs and a batting average of 0.250 OPS of 0.829, in 14 games, and began to fly high after the regular season began. In particular, Lee Jung-hoo was the first player among the 30 Major League teams to hit a double in his 10th. Recently, the batting sense seems to have slowed down a little, but at the end of the game on the 2nd, he has 37 hits, three home runs, 18 RBIs, 23 runs and a batting average of 0.316 OPS of 0.893 in 31 games.
Currently, Lee is tying for second with a double in the Major League and 14th with a batting average, while he is ranking first with not only batting average but also hits, doubles and scores in the San Francisco Giants squad. His OPS is also ranking second after Mike Yastremski. For this reason, a growing number of local media in the U.S. are praising Lee and paying attention to him.
In the meantime, "MLB.com " conducted a survey of the front desk of the Major League, and Lee Jung-hoo's name was mentioned several times. "MLB.com " asked the question, "Which team surprised you the most?" and San Francisco received eight votes, with an American League official saying, "They're doing really well in the National League West." The pitching staff is doing better than expected, and Lee Jung-hoo is playing a big role," he said with a thumbs-up.
"Lee Jung-hoo has been a great help, and Logan Webb is pitching at a very high level. The bullpen is also strong," a National League official said. Both National League and American League officials cited Lee as the biggest reason why San Francisco is doing well in the early days of the season. 메이저놀이터
It is not just this. When asked "who surprised me the most?" Lee received a whopping nine votes. Considering that he asked 20 players, he garnered almost half of the votes. In fact, this can be interpreted as not having high expectations for Lee. What is clear, however, is that even though expectations were low, he is now performing better than everyone expected.
"Considering the results of the first question (which team gave the biggest surprise?) it is not surprising that Lee Jung-hoo received the most votes. Lee Jung-hoo, who played only 37 games in the 2024 rookie season, is showing everyone why San Francisco signed him on a six-year, $113 million contract," MLB.com said.
"Lee Jung-hoo's contract last year seemed like an overpayment, even before his injury. But now he's playing like an MVP candidate," a National League official said, acknowledging that he had the wrong idea about Lee. "Lee Jung-hoo is leading San Francisco with .319/.375/.526 three homers and 18 RBIs in 30 games this year, and 11 doubles, the most in the league," MLB.com said.