San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee will bear season-ending surgical procedure for a torn labrum in his left shoulder within the subsequent couple of weeks, the crew introduced Friday.
Lee injured the shoulder when he crashed into the center-field wall after he leaped in an try to catch a fly ball in Sunday’s house sport towards the Cincinnati Reds. He was initially identified with a dislocation, and an MRI later revealed structural injury within the shoulder. Lee obtained a second opinion Thursday from Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who confirmed the shoulder would require surgical procedure.
Lee could have about six months of rehab and is anticipated to make a full restoration for the 2025 season, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi stated.
“To start with I really feel unhealthy for him, however clearly for our crew he loves enjoying baseball and he loves enjoying for the Giants and this was a major signal for us, so it is disappointing for everyone, principally for him,” supervisor Bob Melvin stated. “We’ll discover a option to do our factor with out him, however he was actually a key man for us and he is aware of that. Nothing you are able to do about it. You play a sure approach and typically these items are going to occur. Yeah, that is going to take just a little bit to sink in.”
Lee was one of many huge offseason additions for the Giants after starring for years enjoying professionally in his native South Korea, the place he had surgical procedure on the identical shoulder in 2018. He signed a $113 million, six-year contract with San Francisco and had been the crew’s beginning middle fielder this season.
Zaidi stated the Giants obtained a few medical opinions and stated in some instances the surgical procedure will be delay till the top of the season and a participant can rehab by means of the damage contemplating the restoration is about six months.
“On this case given his age and the truth that he is injured the shoulder earlier than and simply the medical collective consensus medical opinions it made sense to get this taken care of instantly and provides him as a lot of a head begin making ready for 2025 as attainable,” Zaidi stated.
Lee, 25, excelled within the subject and hit .262 with two homers, eight RBIs and .641 OPS in 37 video games. Luis Matos has moved over to middle subject instead of Lee.
“It is not how I assumed [I’d] finish my rookie season this yr,” Lee stated by means of an interpreter. “However from all my baseball profession I’ve had, this could possibly be one of the crucial disappointing seasons I had. And for now, I am simply making an attempt to consider it extra optimistically. Attempting to consider not the previous, however the future.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
