As key powers return one after another, expectations for Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Toronto Blue Jays) to achieve two wins in the season are rising.
Ryu Hyun-jin will start the game against the Cincinnati Reds in the ‘2023 Major League (MLB)’ starting at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, USA at 2:40 am (Korean time) on the 21st (Sport TV On/Sport TV Now relayed).
Ryu Hyun-jin’s individual victory, which re-qualified as a free agent at the end of this season, is important, but Toronto, which is crossing the cut line in the wild card race, feels like a final game. The role of veteran left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin is very important.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who underwent elbow ligament surgery in June of last year, returned from a long rehabilitation on the 2nd against the Baltimore Orioles.
In his third appearance, against the Chicago Cubs on the 14th, he finally became the winning pitcher (2 runs in 5 innings). It is a victory won in 444 days since the Los Angeles Angels match on May 27 last year. His earned run average dropped from 4.00 to 2.57.
His ball speed was never fast, but he calmed the Cubs’ hard hitting line with the power of his main weapon changeup and stable pitch. This is something that the opposing team’s manager also acknowledged in an interview after the game.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who is on the right track, will challenge for the second win of the season with the main finisher and the return of a key hitter.소닉카지노
Jordan Romano (30), who came off the injured list and started the ninth inning against home Philadelphia on the 16th, struck out Bryce Harper with three pitches and recorded 29 saves for the season.
Romano, who recorded 20 saves for three consecutive years, took the mound in the ninth inning in an away game in Cincinnati on the 20th. Although it was somewhat unsettling compared to the first appearance of his return, he finished the inning without conceding a run and finished with a one-run victory (4-3).
The local media predicted that “Toronto’s back door will become more solid as finishing pitchers Eric Swanson and Jordan Hicks return to Romano in the back door that they endured.” This is really good news for starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.
Shortstop Beau Bisset also returned with the Cincinnati game.
Bisset left due to an injury while running base on the 1st, the day before Ryu Hyun-jin’s return. Bisset, who hit 17 home runs in 106 games before his injury this season, is the hitter who led the AL with 144 hits (0.321 batting average). As soon as he returned from the game against Cincinnati on the 20th, he played as the second hitter (shortstop) and announced his return by getting a heavy hit and an RBI with 2 out on 1st and 2nd base in the top of the 4th inning with a 2-0 lead.
With the return of key players, the team’s power has become even more solid, and the concentration of the players with a clear goal of acquiring tickets for fall baseball is getting higher and higher. The expectations placed on Ryu Hyun-jin are also growing that much.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati, which suffered 100 losses last year, is running 3rd in the NL Central with 64 wins and 60 losses this season. It is only 3 games away from leader Milwaukee, and it is also in 4th place in the NL wild card race. It is a team with a clear goal of acquiring tickets for fall baseball.
Ryu Hyun-jin recorded an average ERA of 3.23 with 5 wins and 2 losses in 8 games against Cincinnati.