ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo/JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2024.01.02 09:12
Lee Jeong-hoo (25, San Francisco Giants), who is taking his first steps in the Major Leagues (MLB), has been nominated as a candidate for this year’s Rookie of the Year award. On the 1st (Japan time), MLB.com reported in an article listing “One of the dreams of each team for the 2024 season” that “San Francisco’s hope is to win the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award.”
He continued, “San Francisco hasn’t produced a Rookie of the Year since Buster Posey in 2010, but they are in an advantageous situation this year.” “There were 12 promising players who stepped onto the major league stage for the first time last year, and many of them He remains eligible for Rookie of the Year in 2024. If these players improve as expected this year, there could be many Rookie of the Year candidates, including center fielder Lee Jeong-ho, left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, and shortstop Marco Luciano. It’s possible,” he said.
MLB.com also created a composite photo of six of the players from the 30 teams mentioned in the article, including Lee Jeong-ho, Bo Bichette (Toronto Blue Jays), and Ke’Bryan Hayes (Pittsburgh Pirates), and displayed it on the main page of its website. Published in. Lee Zheng-ho was placed in the middle and attracted attention.
Lee, who advanced to the majors through posting (closed competitive bidding) after the season, signed with San Francisco last month with special treatment for six years and $113 million (approximately 16 billion yen).
San Francisco manager Bob Melvin has already declared, “Lee will be selected as the starting center fielder next season.” Since then, the US media has expressed high expectations for Lee, selecting him as one of the candidates for Rookie of the Year.
On the other hand, MLB.com stated that Kim Ha-seong’s hope for the San Diego Padres is to win more games than in 2023 (82 wins, 80 losses), and added, “Last season, it was a one-point difference game. There were many particularly unlucky games, including nine wins and 23 losses, and 12 consecutive losses in overtime after the opening period.”
Regarding the Los Angeles Dodgers, who now have two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, he said, “I’m sure the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium will be more enthusiastic than ever,” and “The Dodgers are a team that is used to star power, but they also have 700 million dollars. “This is the first time that a player from Dodger Stadium has been included on the roster,” and “Ohtani always walks with the audience. Imagine the energy (at Dodger Stadium) when he takes his first at-bat in his home ballpark.”
2024-01-02 00:45:06
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