"You're really cool." Lee Jung-hoo, look at the mind of a big boat. Why did you say you're going to put your fans on a boat on the sea

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In the U.S., Lee Jung-hoo (28) of the San Francisco Giants showed great interest in changing the position.

MLB.com , the official website of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), said on the 14th (Korea time), "Lee Jung-hoo will move to right field this year, his third year in the team."

Lee Jung-hoo's change to right field has already been mentioned. San Francisco has acquired Harrison Bader (32), a former Gold Glove outfielder, from the recruiting market this winter. According to MLB.com and others, San Francisco has signed a two-year total of USD 20.5 million (about KRW 29.7 billion) with Vader. But Bader's main position is center field. It overlaps with Lee Jung-hoo.

In the end, the club started to clean up the traffic. Lee Jung-hoo's position was changed from center field to right field, and the final decision was made. At the end of last month, Buster Posey, president of San Francisco's baseball division, said, "We had a time to understand each other through dialogue. Lee Jung-hoo showed a very good attitude. He said he was also willing to accept talks with general manager Jack Minasian and director Tony Bytello.

The San Francisco outfield has been pointed out as a weakness throughout the 2025 season. According to The Athletic, the combined OAA (Outs Above Average, a defensive indicator of how many outcounts are captured than the league average) recorded by Lee Jung-hoo and Elliott Ramos in the 2025 season was -14. Lee Jung-hoo marked OAA-5 and DRS (Defensive Run Saved) -18, respectively.

In the end, the club decided to reinforce its weakness by recruiting Vader this winter. This is expected to be a boon to Lee Jung-hoo. This is because right field can relieve the burden of defense than center field, which has a large defense burden.

On the 14th, MLB.com published an interview with Lee Jung-hoo. Lee Jung-hoo said, "I had a good conversation with the team leaders. I knew that the outfield would be much better if Vader was hired. It was not difficult to decide to move to right field. I can do everything to help the team," he said.

Lee Jung-hoo then said, "I took a right field position while playing in the KBO League. "Going back to the 2025 season for a while, if I had done better as a center fielder, the club would have kept me as a center fielder," he said. It was a big-time mindset that coolly acknowledged his poor performance. "But we have to do everything we need to do to make the team better. I've always played for the team," he said, showing his commitment.

Lee Jung-hoo is already training to handle flying balls in the Arizona spring camp as a right fielder. "I'm going to ask Mike Yastremski a lot of questions about right field in a few weeks," Lee said. We plan to seek more advice on how to deal with the brick fence located on the right side of Oracle Park," he said.

On top of that, San Francisco began selling tickets to Oracle Park outfield center field last season. The club conducted its own marketing activities for fans to see Lee Jung-hoo more closely. However, as we move to right field now, attention is also focused on the direction of this ticket. Lee Jung-hoo joked, "Maybe put the fans on a boat on the water (Maybe put a boat on a boat?) over the outfield on the right side of Oracle Park."

Regarding Lee Jung-hoo, the media said, "He will play as the captain of the Korean national team at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament next month." Lee Jung-hoo said, "I've been attending international competitions as a player, but this time I'm playing as a captain. It's also my first time going since becoming a major leaguer. I will do my best to feel responsible accordingly, he stressed.

Earlier, before leaving the U.S. spring camp, Lee Jung-hoo said, "I think it would be good for both me and the team (to join the WBC national team after a few trial games). Looking at the schedule, I think I can play about 5 games and go to the national team. I think it would be better to play five games like that. If you go to the national team anyway, you won't be able to play a lot of practice games, so it's better to play a lot in exhibition games. I told the coach that I would play as many exhibition games as possible. I think I'll play a few exhibition games and then go according to the official WBC schedule," he said.

Regarding the role of the national team, he said, "The coach and the chairman of the technical committee also told me about that in the United States, and I don't think I'm young when I go to the national team. He is not an inexperienced player either. There are seniors, but I think I should be good at that bridge role. I will do my best to show good results at this WBC," he said.

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