Will Matt Chapman (31), who played with Ryu Hyun-jin (37) at the Toronto Blue Jays, share a meal with Lee Jeong-hoo (26) at the San Francisco Giants?
MLB.com, the official major league media, analyzed the expected destinations of 11 major players remaining in the free agent market as of the 3rd (Korean time).
Chapman, who is considered the greatest third baseman, was mentioned as the team that would be the best fit for San Francisco.
Chapman is a third baseman with outstanding defensive skills and has won the American League Gold Glove Award four times (2018-2019, 2021, and 2023)
In 2022 and 2023, he solidly followed Ryu Hyun-jin. His career records in the major league are 868 games with a batting average of .204 (754 hits in 3,138 at-bats)
155 home runs, 426 RBIs, and an OPS of .790. Last year’s records were 140 games with a batting average of .204 (122 hits in 509 at-bats), 17 home runs, and 54 RBIs. It recorded 755. 먹튀검증사이트
San Francisco, which had long sought to recruit star players, attempted to recruit many stars, including Aaron Judge (Yankees), Carlos Correa (Minnesota), Shohei Otani, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers), but failed repeatedly.
However, they achieved their dream of recruiting a star by signing a six-year contract with Lee Jung-hoo, Korea’s best hitter, for $113 million (approximately 147.9 billion won).
Lee Jung-hoo, who recorded a batting average of .304 (1,181 hits in 3,476 at-bats), 65 home runs, 515 RBIs, and an OPS of .898 in 884 games in the KBO League, received love calls from many major league teams.
Although there were concerns about his power, he received good reviews for his excellent contact ability, defense, and base running ability.
However, San Francisco cannot be satisfied with the recruitment of Lee Jeong-hoo. In the nine years since winning the 2014 World Series
they have only advanced to the postseason twice (2016, 2021), and last year they recorded 79 wins and 83 losses
ranking 4th in the National League West Division. In order for San Francisco to become a strong team again, additional strength reinforcement is needed.
MLB.com said, “San Francisco succeeded in recruiting a much-needed free agent by recruiting Lee Jeong-hoo. However, with the loss of Ohtani and Yamamoto
there is still work to be done in the market. San Francisco is also in contact with Blake Snell, but they clearly need a fielder rather than a starting pitcher.
Of the two largest fielders remaining on the market, Chapman appears to be a better fit for San Francisco than Cody Bellinger.
This is because Chapman worked with coach Bob Melvin when he played in Oakland,” he analyzed.
“Chapman will not only show top-level defense at the hot corner, but he will also add slugging power to San Francisco
which had only 87 home runs by right-handed batters (at least 6th in the major leagues)
said MLB.com, adding, “Chapman hit 17 home runs last year. It stopped.
However, he predicted that the detailed indicators of his hitting were excellent, and considering his career so far, he will be able to hit more home runs.”
In addition to Chapman, MLB.com also predicted the destinations of Snell and Bellinger.
Snell predicted the Angels, Bellinger predicted the Cubs, Jordan Montgomery predicted the Yankees
Josh Hader predicted the Texas, and Shota Imanaga predicted the Boston.
