Negotiations with Soto are also in progress, what will happen to Lee Jeong-hoo?

 The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, traditional rivals in the Major League Baseball (MLB), conducted a trade. This is news that could affect Lee Jeong-hoo's destination, as the posting has been announced to 30 clubs. 

Major American sports media announced on the 6th (Korean time) that the Yankees hired Boston outfielder Alex Verdugo and gave up promising pitchers Richard Pitts, Greg Wysert, and Nicholas Giudice. ESPN said, “The Yankees were able to strengthen their outfield offense, which was their weakness.” There have only been 6 trades between the two teams in the past 50 years, and it was also introduced that this is the 7th. 

Verdugo is also familiar to domestic baseball fans. ‘Korean Monster’ Ryu Hyun-jin was a star player when he played for the LA Dodgers. Verdugo, who was used as a trade card when the Dodgers recruited former Boston main hitter Mookie Betts in February 2020, has played as Boston's starting outfielder for three consecutive seasons starting in the 2021 season. During this period, Verdugo appeared in 440 games and hit 37 home runs with a batting average of 0.278 (467 hits in 1,683 at-bats). 

After the news of Verdugo's departure to the Yankees broke, Juan Soto, a teammate of Kim Ha-seong (San Diego Padres) and a top outfielder in the league, was summoned again. San Diego announced plans to use Soto as a trade card to reduce the total annual salary, and the Yankees had previously emerged as a negotiating team. 

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