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The ironical fate created by Major League Baseball's trade market is drawing attention from Korean baseball fans. The main character, who changed his uniform as a trade partner for Ko Woo-seok (28, Triple A under the Detroit Tigers), is now going to eat Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants), Ko Woo-seok's brother-in-law. The main character is Luis Arraez (29).
Multiple local media, including the official Major League website MLB.com , said on the 1st (Korea Standard Time), "Araez, a three-time Major League batting champion, will head to San Francisco. It is a single-year contract and is on the condition of receiving 12 million dollars (about 17.4 billion won)," he said, citing sources.
Arraez is considered a representative teaching hitter among active Major League players. From the 2019 season to the 2025 season, the Major League's overall batting average reached 0.317. He slightly slowed down with a batting average of 0.292 (181 hits in 620 at-bats) in 154 games for the San Diego Padres in the 2025 season, but he is the best in the Major League in terms of accuracy. He has sophisticated hitting accuracy enough to become the batting champion for three consecutive seasons from the 2022 season to the 2024 season. He hit 1,028 hits in seven seasons. In other words, he had an average of 147 hits per season.
What is surprising to domestic baseball fans is that Araez, who joined San Francisco this time, moved to the opposite benefit when Ko Woo-suk moved from the San Diego Padres to the Miami Marlins in the past. In May 2024, Arraez, who was a member of Miami, moved to San Diego in a 1-on-4 trade. At this time, one of the four people sent by San Diego was Ko Woo-seok. Ko Woo-seok moved to Miami with the trade and had to undergo one change in the major league challenge process.
However, about a year and a half later, Araez has joined San Francisco, a team belonging to Lee Jung-hoo, Ko Woo-seok's family. A dramatic situation was created in which Ko Woo-seok, who caused the pain of the trade, is now reunited as a reliable colleague who will be responsible for scoring his brother-in-law Lee Jung-hoo. Ko Woo-suk married Lee Ga-hyun, Lee Jung-hoo's younger sister, in January 2023.
According to local media, San Francisco plans to use Arraez as its main second baseman. As a result, San Francisco will be able to deploy two of the top contact heaters in the Major League, Lee Jung-hoo and Araez, to the lineup. The picture of two players who rarely strike out set the table, and Matt Chapman, Raphael Devers, and Willie Adames, the central batters, solve, is fear itself for opposing pitchers. Clearly, the power itself has become stronger.
Currently, Ko Woo-suk, who is seeking to make his major league debut by signing a minor contract with Detroit, and Lee Jung-hoo, who is preparing for a perfect return after being approved to participate in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March. And even joining Araez, who is entangled in a medium called "Trade" between them. One more point to watch for domestic baseball fans watching San Francisco and Major League Baseball in the 2026 season has been added.
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