First live batting since shoulder surgery, why did Lee Jung-hoo end up with just one swing in an hour

First live batting since shoulder surgery, why did Lee Jung-hoo end up with just one swing in an hour

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Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants conducted live batting for the first time since shoulder surgery and rehabilitation last year. He performed head first sliding during baserunning exercise, and displayed healthy physical condition.

The San Francisco Giants held a spring training session at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona on Wednesday (Korea time). It was the second full-squad training day.
After warming up, Lee trained with players to run around the base on the first base. Afterwards, Lee practiced call-play with his teammates on a fly ball at an ambiguous landing spot in the outfield.

I brought my bat to the ground at around 11 a.m. to play live batting. Lee even chatted with his teammates while waiting for their turn. Lee Jung-hoo, who waited while watching other hitters' batting, entered the batter's box at live pitching by right-hander Hayden Birdsong.

Lee hit the fourth pitch after watching the third pitch, which resulted in a ground ball foul that missed the base. He also broke his bat after being hit by a missed ball.

Afterwards, he listened carefully to the batting coach while waiting for his next turn with his teammates behind the batting cage. However, Lee Jeong-hoo was unable to make his second live batting and moved to the fence for defensive training in the outfield. 메이저놀이터

It was time to listen to the coach's demonstration and explanation on fence play in the outfield. It took about 10 minutes. Afterwards, he brought his bat bag and moved to participate in a live batting event at an auxiliary field. There, Helchris Olivares, a left-handed pitcher who participated in the camp as an invited player, was throwing at the mound.

Lee waited while watching the pitch from the back of the batting cage, but did not make any actual hit. It was almost noon, and the training was over on the day. All he had was to listen to was live batting swing for an hour, and outfield defense explanations for 10 minutes in the middle.

"I was going to hit it today, but I couldn't hit it because all three of them were balls. I thought I should hit the last ball on three balls, but it was too much (body) ball," said Lee Jung-hoo, who met at the club house shortly afterwards.

"I was waiting to hit it again on the next turn, but I didn't have enough pitchers ready to throw it. After that, I moved to the auxiliary stadium and waited to hit it, but the pitcher was a left-handed pitcher. I was waiting because the coach told me not to hit it because it was a left-handed pitcher. In the end, I hit only once," he said.

It was his first live batting since shoulder surgery and rehabilitation. On the previous day, Lee performed live batting, but only looked at the pitcher's ball. He said he did not intend to hit the ball and just watched the ball with his eyes.

Lee Jung-hoo said, "I have to hit the ball entering the strike zone, but the number is fixed, and I hit it because I wanted to swing even if it was a ball, but it became (a foul) like that."

Lee said, "I wanted to hit a lot today, but it didn't work out due to the circumstances. I think I should go and see the pitchers when pitching in the bullpen," adding, "I should get used to the pitchers' actual pitching."

Regarding the outfield fence play training, Lee Jung-hoo said, "The outfield instructor always comes and talks a lot during this period when we are playing defense. It was a time to talk about things like fence play, communication between outfielders and how to communicate with each other when the ball gets in the sun. It was a defensive training that we heard about last year and again this year."

When asked if it was okay to do headfirst sliding, Lee said, "I'm okay now, no problem with my shoulder." After failing to hit the ball properly in live batting, Lee said, "The amount of training I do in official training varies from day to day. Today was a little less," and went to indoor batting cage to bat.