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 staff introduced Friday.
Lee injured the shoulder when he crashed into the center-field wall after he leaped in an try and catch a fly ball in Sunday’s house sport towards the Cincinnati Reds. He was initially recognized with a dislocation, and an MRI later revealed structural harm within the shoulder. Lee obtained a second opinion Thursday from Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who confirmed the shoulder would require surgical procedure.
Lee may have about six months of rehab and is predicted to make a full restoration for the 2025 season, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi mentioned.
“To begin with I really feel unhealthy for him, however clearly for our staff he loves enjoying baseball and he loves enjoying for the Giants and this was a big signal for us, so it is disappointing for everyone, largely for him,” supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned. “We’ll discover a method 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 means and generally these items are going to occur. Yeah, that is going to take a bit of bit to sink in.”
Lee was one of many massive 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 staff’s beginning middle fielder this season.
Zaidi mentioned the Giants obtained a few medical opinions and mentioned in some circumstances the surgical procedure will be postpone till the tip of the season and a participant can rehab by 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 immediately and provides him as a lot of a head begin getting ready for 2025 as potential,” Zaidi mentioned.
Lee, 25, excelled within the area and hit .262 with two homers, eight RBIs and .641 OPS in 37 video games. Luis Matos has moved over to middle area rather than Lee.
“It is not how I assumed [I’d] finish my rookie season this 12 months,” Lee mentioned by 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 attempting to consider it extra optimistically. Attempting to consider not the previous, however the future.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.