Lee Jung-hoo (left shoulder dislocation) will undergo season-ending surgery in the next two weeks and will not return in 2024."  토토

 

"Korean Major Leaguer" Lee Jung-hoo (25, San Francisco Giants) will end this season as he decided to operate on his injured left shoulder. The San Francisco Giants officially announced on the 18th (Korea time) that Lee Jung-hoo will not return in the 2024 season, revealing his left shoulder surgery through SNS.

 

Lee met with Dr. Neal Elatrache, a world-renowned expert on elbow and shoulder surgery, in Los Angeles prior to the team's announcement, and after the second checkup, Lee was recommended for shoulder surgery and decided to do so. Lee, who will undergo left shoulder surgery within two weeks, will end his first year of the Major League season early due to injury.

 

Lee Jung-hoo, who made his Major League debut after signing a six-year, $113 million (about 153 billion won) contract with San Francisco, collided with the fence while chasing a double hit by Jaymer Candelario with two outs in the top of the first inning of a home game against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 13th.

 

Lee Jung-hoo immediately grabbed his left shoulder and complained of pain after hitting the fence, and had fellow outfielders call his team trainer to check the severity of his injury. Lee was placed on the injured list the next day after being helped off the field by Dave Grossner, his assistant trainer. Later, the MRI revealed structural damage to his left shoulder, and Dr. Neal Elatrache, who also performed surgery on Ryu Hyun-jin, decided to have the surgery on Wednesday.

 

Dr. Neil Elatrache, who has a reputation as a world-renowned sports orthopedic surgeon, successfully performed elbow surgery not only for Korean players including Ryu Hyun-jin but also for Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) last year. Lee Jung-hoo also had surgery for his left shoulder injury in 2018 when he was playing for the Nexen Heroes (currently Kiwoom) in the Korean professional baseball league.

 

Lee Jung-hoo missed three games and returned four days after being hit by a left footed ball by a foul ball against the Colorado Rockies on the 9th before suffering a shoulder injury against Cincinnati, but was replaced without being able to stand at bat due to an unexpected injury.

 

Lee Jung-hoo played in 37 games as the first center fielder for the San Francisco Giants in 2024, the season of his Major League debut, and posted a batting average of 0.262 with 38 hits in 145 at-bats. He ended his debut with two home runs and four doubles.