Lee Jeong-hoo of San Francisco Giants Faces Second Selection Ban: On the Verge of Setting New Korean Record

Banned from selection for the second time since the Washington game on the 11th

If he plays as a substitute and gets a hit, he will set a new record for a Korean batsman.

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Lee Jeong-hoo of MLB’s San Francisco Giants. AFP Yonhap News

Lee Jeong-hoo (25, San Francisco Giants), who hit hard every day, was left out of the starting lineup before the home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. This is the second time he entered the Major League Baseball (MLB).

San Francisco will play a home game against Arizona at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA at 11:15am on the 20th (Korea time).

Before the game, San Francisco announced that Lee Jeong-hoo was missing from the starting lineup.

Tyler Fitzgerald will start in center field in place of Jeong-hoo Lee. This is the second time that Lee Jeong-hoo has been missing from the starting lineup since the game against the Washington Nationals on the 11th. In the game against Washington on the 11th, Lee Jeong-hoo did not step on the field at all.

Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the big leagues this year, posted a .282 batting average (22 hits in 78 at-bats), 1 home run, 5 RBI, 2 stolen bases, and an OPS (on-base percentage + slug percentage). ) of 0.672 in 19 games.

Lee Jeong-hoo has been showing good batting skills as he continued his hitting streak in 10 consecutive games. The 10-game hitting streak is the longest by a Korean batter in his MLB debut, tying the records of Kang Jung-ho (then Pittsburgh Pirates) in 2015 and Kim Hyun-soo (then Baltimore Orioles ) in 2016.

If you appear in a game as a substitute and score a shot, you can set a new record.

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