Willy Adames (30), who suffered a severe hitting slump at the beginning of the season and cut off the flow in front of Lee Jung-hoo (27, San Francisco Giants), predicted a spectacular revival.

Ahead of this season, San Francisco spent $182 million (about 259.17 billion won) on Adames for seven years, the largest in the club's history. San Francisco manager Bob Melvin placed Adames, who was familiar with the center batting line, in the second batting order to create a synergy effect between left and right hitters, but it didn't go as he thought.바카라사이트

Adames, who struggled to produce single hits rather than long balls, fell into a hitting slump so severe that his batting average did not exceed 20% at the beginning of the season. He sometimes exceeded his batting average by playing multi-hit games once in a while, but a similar situation was repeated, such as returning to the batting average of around 10% after falling into a hitless silence. It was not a very pleasant situation for Lee Jung-hoo, who will join the next batter's box.

Nevertheless, Adames looked rather confident. "I think overall the team has been doing really well so far. Personally, it always takes some time in the beginning. However, as long as we win, I don't really care about my individual performance. Of course, I want to do well, but I believe I will contribute to the team in a different way until the bat comes to life, and I will continue to win."

"Whether the strike goes well or not, my style of play does not change. I can't play in April all the time. That's why I don't really worry. I'm just trying to get the hang of it while training. This is just the time for me," he said. "I get lost for the first month and a half in most seasons. However, if I finally get the hang of it, it doesn't break from then on."

Was that really true? Adames became a completely different hitter in May. He has a batting average of 0.400 (6 hits in 15 at-bats) and an OPS of 1.337 in four games from May 2 (local time) to May 5. He even led his team to three consecutive wins by making three hits and three RBIs including its first multi-homer game in this season against the Colorado Rockies on May 5. He seems to be slowly searching for the dignity of the slugger who hit 32 home runs and 112 RBIs last year.

On the other hand, Lee Jung-hoo, who led the team's batting lineup by boasting a hot batting feeling at the beginning of the season, has been suffering some ups and downs in his recent batting. He has had no multi hits in 10 games since the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 24, and has yet to report a long hit after hitting a double on April 25. His batting average for this season, which was well over .305, also fell to .305.

Adames and Lee Jung-hoo will start as second and third batters in an away game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday. The starting pitcher for the Cubs is left-hander Matthew Boyd.