Lee Jung-hoo (25, San Francisco Giants) is expected to end this season as he will eventually be on the operating table.
The San Francisco club said on the 18th (Korea Standard Time) that Lee Jung-hoo met with Dr. Neil Elatrache in Los Angeles and was recommended for shoulder surgery. “Lee Jung-hoo will have left shoulder joint and net suture surgery within a few weeks.” The club explained, “We are not expected to stand on the ground in 2024.
Lee Jung-hoo played in a home game against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 13th. He jumped to catch Jaymer Candelario’s ball in the top of the first inning and hit the fence hard.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed structural damage to Lee’s left shoulder. Afterwards, Lee moved to Los Angeles on Wednesday to meet with Dr. Elatrice.
Dr. Elatrache is a renowned surgeon in sports. He is a doctor who conducted shoulder and elbow surgery for Ryu Hyun-jin (currently Hanwha Eagles). Last year, MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani received elbow surgery from Dr. Elatrache.
It is the second time that Lee has shoulder surgery. Lee injured his left shoulder while sliding at a game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on June 19, 2018, when he was playing for the Nexen Heroes (currently Kiwoom) in the KBO League.토토사이트
Lee also injured his left shoulder while throwing himself to catch the ball while playing defense in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2 of the semi-playoff against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on Oct. 20 of the same year. Eventually, Lee was put on a suture surgery table in November for the anterior and inferior joints of his left shoulder.
Lee Jung-hoo accelerated his rehabilitation after undergoing surgery at the time, completing his rehabilitation in four months, faster than expected before the surgery, and playing the 2019 regular season opener normally.
Lee Jung-hoo, who posted a career batting average of 0.340 while playing in the KBO League until 2023, entered the MLB with a six-year, $113 million contract with San Francisco ahead of this season. Lee Jung-hoo posted a batting average of 0.262 (38 hits in 145 times at bat), two homers, eight RBIs, two steals, and an OPS of 0.641 in 37 MLB games this year.