Shows high concentration after individual exercise and enjoys golf and shopping after training

San Francisco players from Major League Baseball (MLB), including Jeong-hoo Lee (26), held joint training for the first time this year at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, USA, on the 15th. However, a day later, on the 16th, the fielders except the pitcher and catcher did not come to the baseball field at all. San Francisco will begin exhibition games starting with the Chicago Cubs match on the 25th. There were less than 10 days left until the exhibition game, and the team took a break after training just once.

MLB's spring camp training schedule also feels more leisurely compared to Korean professional baseball. Training usually starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 12 noon. Leading players leave work immediately after training. Some players go to play golf, while others go to the shopping mall. Once you leave the baseball field, you are free to do whatever you want. Can a long season be played properly with this level of training intensity?

MLB and Korean teams have different concepts of spring training. The 10 Korean professional baseball teams will begin camp on February 1. Players focus on building stamina and building their bodies in the early stages of spring camp. Spring camp, which runs until early March, is also the stage where fierce competition for starting positions takes place.

On the other hand, most MLB camps start in mid-February. Players join the camp with a body that is ready to play right away. The official spring camp, which lasts only a few days, is a time for players to work together. The 26-man roster (player list) that participates in MLB games is also usually fixed, except for one or two positions. There is no reason for leading players like Lee Jeong-hoo to make their presence known during spring training.

The intensity of training is also challenging. Because only a small number of elites with the best skills gather together to train, much greater concentration is required. For example, when a Korean team enters the practice batting cage once, an MLB team enters it two or three times. Official training starts at 9 a.m., but many players show up as early as 6 or 7 a.m. to do personal training. Lee Jeong-hoo said, “Contrary to appearances, it seems like the amount of training was more than what I did in Korea. “I also felt that the training was conducted more systematically,” he said. 스포츠토토