"I know why he was MVP in Korea." Ohtani and Araez are also missing, and Lee Jung-hoo proudly entered the '300 list'... shoulder to shoulder with Judge, the current 40% hitter
"I know why he was MVP in Korea." Ohtani and Araez are also missing, and Lee Jung-hoo proudly entered the '300 list'... shoulder to shoulder with Judge, the current 40% hitter
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Lee Jung-hoo (27) of the San Francisco Giants has been selected as one of the leading candidates to achieve a batting average of 300 this season.카지노
MLB.com , the official website of the Major League, selected Lee as one of the "six players who can hit over .300 this year" on the 24th (Korea Standard Time). "Only seven players had a batting average of .300 last year as of the regular at-bats. Of course, it is still early in the season, and most of these batting average tend to decline as time passes. What is interesting, though, is that they have different ways to reach .300," the media said.
The list of MLB.com included players who continued to play hot early in the season, including Lee Jung-hoo, Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt (New York Yankees), Jacob Wilson (Athletics), Trevor Story (Boston Red Sox), and Stephen Kwan (Cleveland Guardians).
Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers), who won the unanimous MVP award last year with 50 homers and 50 steals, and Luis Arraez (San Diego Padres), who had the highest batting average in the league in the last three seasons, also did not dare to make the list.
Lee Jung-hoo's early performance in the season was not easy enough to match such prominent players. In particular, the match against the New York Yankees on the 14th was the highlight of Lee Jung-hoo. Lee Jung-hoo led the team's victory with a four-run, three-base, one-man show, including Carlos Rodon, who was the opponent's left-hander that day.
Right after the game, Lee posted 0.352 (19 hits in 54 times at bat), three homers, 11 RBIs, 16 runs and three steals, and his OPS soared to 1.130. He ranked first in slugging percentage (0.704) and OPS alone, while also ranking second in batting average.
After a few hitless games, Lee made his third three-hit game this season against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 24th, and started playing hot bat again. Lee's batting average rebounded to 0.333 to rank fifth in the NL, and OPS also recovered from 0.947 to 0.969 to rank eighth in the NL.
Above all, Lee's biggest strength is that he can easily target a new pitcher even if he meets a new pitcher. "It's amazing. It was an amazing series for Lee," San Francisco manager Bob Melvin said after the away game. "There were a lot of players he had never faced before. It will continue to be like that. However, Lee's contact ability plays a really important role in this regard. "I can deal with anyone."
A few days ago, ESPN, a sports media outlet, said, "Lee Jung-hoo's rookie season ended after 37 games. If there were 15 less pars in 2024, Lee Jung-hoo would have won the NL Rookie of the Year award," predicting, "Lee Jung-hoo will win the NL batting champion and rank 5th in the MVP vote."
"Most people forgot about Lee because of his injury last season. So it's really good to see him come back to San Francisco, one of the most amazing teams of this season," MLB.com said in a report on the day. "What's interesting is that Lee is not just batting high but also slugging power."
"He is not even being used as a table setter. Melvin is placing him as the third hitter, not the first hitter. With his speed, contact, and unexpected power, I can understand why this player won the MVP award in the KBO League. This performance may continue. He once recorded the batting average of 0.360, for one season in Korea."