"Monster" Ryu Hyun-jin (34), who returned to the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean professional baseball league, is raising his sense of play with the goal of starting the opening game of the KBO League 2024 season. The power of the ball has risen to the point where he broke two bats in his first live pitching when a batter was standing at the batter's box.
Ryu threw 65 pitches during live spring camp pitching at Kochida Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on Tuesday. It was the first live pitching by Ryu, who had previously pitched in the bullpen two times. He threw 45 pitches during his first bullpen pitching on April 23, and 60 on April 26.
On this day, Hanwha's main fielders played in a practice game against the Lotte Giants, with a total of four batters, including Kim Tae-yeon, Lee Sang-hyuk, Jang Kyu-hyun and Park Sang-won, entering the batter's box. Ryu Hyun-jin checked against them by throwing all the pitches, including fastballs, curves, changeups, cutters, and sliders. The maximum speed was 139 kilometers per hour. Although there was one pitch on the body that hit the batter's arm, most of the balls had good pitching and command.
In particular, the batter's bat broke twice. In general, a pitcher's pitch does not decrease the strength and speed of the ball to near the home plate, and when the ball hits the bat, the bat breaks. This means that Ryu Hyun-jin made a pitch with the tip of the ball alive.
The problem is the number of pitches he throws. He needs to throw at least 80 pitches to start the game. Since his rehabilitation last year, Ryu has only held the mound once until the sixth inning in 11 games he started in the Major League Baseball. He also pitched fewer than 90.
Choi Won-ho, Hanwha manager who watched Ryu Hyun-jin's live pitching, said, "The location, various breaking balls, and command overall were good. Even though he was not in 100 percent condition yet, his pitching balance was good," adding, "If he continues as scheduled, chances are high that he will take the mound at the opening game."
If Ryu Hyun-jin starts the opening game at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd as planned, the opponent will be last year's unified winning team, the LG Twins. Ryu Hyun-jin showed a strong performance against LG with 22 wins and 8 losses with a 2.36 ERA in 35 games.
Meanwhile, Hanwha and LG will return to Korea on Thursday and begin preparations for the exhibition game. Lotte and NC Dinos will return home on Tuesday, Kiwoom Heroes and KT Wiz will return home on Tuesday, and Doosan Bears and KIA Tigers will return home on Tuesday. The Samsung Lions and SSG Landers will return home on Tuesday. The exhibition game will start with a showdown between LG-KT, Samsung-Hanwha, SSG-Lotte, KIA-NC and Kiwoom-Doosan on Thursday, with each team playing 10 games and ending on Wednesday. https://www.totositenet.com/
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