'No. 1 in center field + No. 8 in ML' Lee Jung-hoo's status is crazy...No one can beat them even if they line up, will they make history for the first time in Korea in MVP voting
'No. 1 in center field + No. 8 in ML' Lee Jung-hoo's status is crazy...No one can beat them even if they line up, will they make history for the first time in Korea in MVP voting
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Now, the Major League has no choice but to pay attention to Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants. Lee Jung-hoo is currently the best center fielder in the Major League in terms of buzz and records. He seems to be able to write the first history of the Korean big leaguer.
Lee Jung-hoo is leading San Francisco's core lineup this year. The son of legendary Lee Jong-beom, who has been on a superstar route since his debut, is reborn as a superstar in his second year in the Major League.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in the first game of a three-game interleague series against the New York Yankees in the 2025 Major League Baseball at the Bronx Yankee Stadium in New York on the 12th (Korea time), and led his team to a 9-1 victory in the 6th inning by hitting 1 hit, 1 home run, 3 RBIs, 2 walks and 2 runs in 2 at-bats.
Notably, Lee Jung-hoo's home run was hit. In the first inning, he hit a three-run home run against Marcus Stroman, a veteran starting pitcher with 87 wins in the Major League, with runners on the first and second bases with no outs. With one ball and one strike, he hit an 89.4 mile (143 kilometers) sinker, which was driven to the middle of Stroman's third pitch, and connected it to a home run to right-center. The speed of his ball is 100.5 miles (161 kilometers) and the flying distance is 387 feet (117 meters). The first homer in 12 games in this season.
When he crossed the fence of Yankee Stadium, a sacred place for baseball called "The House Built by Ruth," where Yankees legend Babe Ruth lived, he posted the news of Lee Jung-hoo's home run as the main page of the website. MLB's official SNS account posted a post, "Lee Jung-hoo took a bite of the Big Apple (JUNG HOO LEE TAKES A BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE)." He expressed his conquest of New York by hitting an intense shot in New York.
It was the moment that both the San Francisco Giants and the Major League Baseball are treating Lee as a superstar. Lee was selected as the main model for San Francisco's newly announced City Connect uniform this year.
It is not just a topic of conversation. Lee's star quality is also highlighted as his performance is supported by his performance. Currently, Lee has a batting average of 333 in 13 games (17 hits in 51 times at bat), one homer, seven RBIs, and 14 runs scored by OPS.992. He ranks first in the entire Major League with eight doubles. Although he just hit a homerun, he is producing long-distance shots.
This performance is also revealed by Saber Stat. The team ranks first in the WAR (contributing to victory to substitute players) with a score of 0.9, which is based on the "Pangraph" as of Saturday. And no one can beat Lee Jung-hoo even if the team ranks center field of the 30 teams in the Major League. Lee ranks first in the WAR in the center field position of the Major League. Coming in second is George Springer's 0.7. Records show how much contribution Lee has as a center fielder. If you look at the Major League as a whole, you can see how high Lee Jung-hoo is. He ranks eighth in the WAR overall in the Major League. He ranks among the top 10 players in the entire Major League. 온라인카지노
"ESPN" made a bold prediction on the 10th, highlighting Lee Jung-hoo's performance, putting him on the same line with leading superstars such as Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Padres). "ESPN" made an unconventional prediction that Lee Jung-hoo will be in the top five MVP votes as he became the national league's batting champion this year.
"Lee Jung-hoo's rookie season ended after 37 games. However, if he played 15 times less last year, he could have been named Rookie of the Year this year," the media said.
"Lee Jung-hoo is faster than Luis Arraez (San Diego Padres) and has the potential to hit long balls. Spray heaters that can send balls in various directions make it difficult to defend." Arraez is a representative hitter who became the batting champion for the third consecutive year in the American League in 2022 and the National League in 2023 and 2024. However, he is not as strong as Lee Jung-hoo as he is as a slugger and baserunning ability as he is specialized in contact ability. He also has weak defense capabilities.
"Because we hit in front of Willy Adames and Matt Chapman, we are likely to get the ball to hit without checks and hit in situations where there are runners," he said. "If you look at the recent batting kings such as Yandy Diaz, Yuli Gurriel, Tim Anderson, Jeff McNeil, and Dee Gordon, little-known hitters may take over," he said, predicting that Lee Jung-hoo could have a major accident this year.
If Lee Jung-hoo makes the top five MVP votes, he will be the first Korean to write the best history. Among Korean big leaguers, only Choo Shin-soo (14th in 2010 and 13th in 2013), Ryu Hyun-jin (19th in 2019 and 13th in 2020), and Kim Ha-sung (14th in 2023) got the MVP vote.
The player with the highest vote was Choo Shin-soo in 2013, who won 23 points by receiving one sixth-place vote, one seventh-place vote, one eighth-place vote, four ninth-place votes, and three tenth-place votes.
At this rate, Lee Jung-hoo will reach the highest level as a Korean big leaguer by earning votes within the top five. As such, Lee Jung-hoo's performance this year is unique, and we hope and hope that this performance will continue steadily.