San Francisco Giants’ key outfielder Lee Jeong-hoo (25), and Kim Ha-seong (28, San Diego Padres), who has recently been rumored to be traded, are the ‘keys’ to the success of the new season of the Major League Baseball (MLB) San Francisco club. It was selected asOn the 3rd (Korean time), MLB.com mentioned Lee Jeong-hoo and Kim Ha-seong while introducing five tasks that San Francisco must solve to achieve good results in 2024.The media selected ‘strengthening defense’ as the fourth task and said, “San Francisco has focused on strengthening offensive power rather than defense in recent years, and suffered the disgrace of first place overall in this category with 117 team errors in the 2023 season.” introduced.In addition, the analysis said, “San Francisco pitchers recorded a high ground ball induction rate of 48.7% last season, and weak defense had a significant negative impact on the team’s performance.”
MLB.com said, “San Francisco is focusing on strengthening its defense this winter and recruiting players,” and added, “The signing of Korean center fielder Lee Jeong-hoo is the first step.”This means that the San Francisco team has high expectations from Lee Jung-hoo, not only in his batting but also in his defense.The media also reported, “San Francisco can recruit additional players with good defensive skills, such as infielder Matt Chapman, who has won the Gold Glove four times.”MLB.com selected ‘recruiting a shortstop’ as the fifth task and analyzed that Ha-seong Kim could be a good alternative.The media said, “San Francisco is planning to use promising player Marco Luciano as their starting shortstop, but they need to make a plan in case it ends in failure.” He added, “There is a lack of shortstop resources in the current free agent (FA) market, and Kim Ha-seong and others are candidates for trade. “I am selected,” he explained.In addition, MLB.com selected ‘Scoring support when Ace Logan Webb starts,’ ‘Strengthening the starting rotation,’ and ‘Aggressive 슬롯게이밍 base running’ as tasks for the San Francisco team in the new season.