After hitting a grounder to the second base in the first inning and a grounder to the first base in the third inning against Cubs right-handed starter Haier Assad, Lee hit a double stealer to the third base and garnered an RBI in the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on the first base. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases that led to Jorge Soler’s hit to the left, he stole the third base and stole his second base in the exhibition game.
In the fifth inning, with two outs and runners on first base, he hit left-hander Thomas Panoni, who played for the KIA Tigers in the KBO League for the past two years. Then, when Soler hit a double to center field, he ran from first base to home and scored an additional point, indicating that there was no problem with his left hamstring condition.
Lee Jung-hoo, who was replaced by a strained left hamstring against the Cincinnati Reds on the 14th, went through six days of rest and treatment. Lee Jung-hoo, who reported a successful return by recording two hits, one RBI and one walk in two at-bats, including a double, against the Los Angeles Angels on the 21st, continued his momentum with multi-hit games on the 22nd.
Until this day, Lee Jung-hoo’s performance in exhibition games has been the best batting average among hitters in his team who have played more than 25 times at bat, with a batting average of 414 with one homer, five RBIs, six runs scored, four walks, three strikeouts and two steals.485 slugging percentage.586 OPS 1.071.
As Lee makes a quick soft landing in the Major League through exhibition games, his only source of anxiety is his injury. Lee was out for the season after undergoing surgery for damage to the extension of his left ankle tendon at the end of July last year, and had a hiatus of nearly seven months.
Coach Melvin entered management mode early on, giving Lee Jung-hoo a three-game break, who showed symptoms of sideburns ahead of the exhibition game. In the game against the Colorado Rockies on the 5th, Lee Jung-hoo replaced it right after the at-bat when he was hit on the right calf by his foul ball. This hamstring pain was not a serious problem, but we are taking care of it so that the condition does not worsen at all.
Melvin will likely continue to manage the team even into the regular season. “Our team currently has three left-handed outfielders, all of whom will not play 162 games,” Melvin said on San Francisco Bay Area radio podcast “KNBR 680’s Muff & Marcus” on Sunday. “Lee will have a day off during the season as well,” he said. “His schedule in Korea is different from his schedule in the U.S..”
The KBO League has 144 games and has Monday off, while the Major League has 162 games and no regular off. According to this year’s schedule, 13 consecutive games will be held in April, 16 in May, 10 in July, and 14 in August. Lee Jung-hoo must adapt himself to the tremendous distance between travel and time difference, so managing his physical strength is important. It is not easy to play in all games as the risk of exposure to injury increases if his physical strength declines.
Given that Lee is in his first year in the Major League, Melvin will not overdo it. Other left-handed outfielders Michael Confoto and Mike Yastremski will also be subject to management along with Lee as they have injuries.
It was Austin Slater that Melvin talked about managing outfielders including Lee Jung-hoo. Slater, who underwent elbow surgery last winter, showed poor performance in six exhibition games with a batting average of 16.7 percent (two hits in 12 at-bats) with three RBIs and nine strikeouts with an OPS of .480, and he has not played since the game against Colorado on Saturday. This is due to a recurrence of elbow pain.
“Slater is recovering from elbow surgery, but it’s not going smoothly. I used to take out a few games, but I’m still feeling the pain a little bit,” Melvin said. “At the moment, I’m not sure if Slater will be able to start the season with me. If that happens, Luis Matos will remain on the roster.”
Slater was expected to share the right field position with Yastremski, but his elbow injury hindered his decision to join the opening game. Matos, a rookie born in 2002 from Venezuela, aims to take the position. At exhibition games, Matos has displayed feverish batting performance by posting 20 batting average of 314 percent (six hits from 51 times at bat), four homers and 11 RBIs with an OPS of 1.042.
BY: 토토사이트 추천