Ryu Hyun-jin, 34, ace of the Toronto Blue Jays in the US professional baseball, will be on the second test bench against the Detroit Tigers.
Ryu Hyun-jin was announced as a Toronto starting pitcher in the 2021 Major League demonstration game against Detroit at the Lakeland Public Fields at Joker Merchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, USA on the 16th (Korean time).
MLB.com, the official website of the major leagues, announced on the 15th that left-hander Matthew Boyd will be starting out in Detroit.
Reporter Ben Wagner of the Canadian press’Sportsnet’ also said, “Ryu Hyun-jin is going on an expedition against Detroit.” Ryu Hyun-jin has been training only in team facilities so far.”
On the 6th, Ryu Hyun-jin started this year’s first demonstration game against the Baltimore Orioles and recorded one hit (one home run), one walk, two strikeouts, and one run in two innings. 30 balls were thrown.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who finished his first demonstration game at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida, USA, home stadium, did not appear in the actual game afterwards.
As scheduled, on the 11th, he had to appear in an away demonstration game against Baltimore, but instead of going on the road, he played in the team blue match at home and threw 50 pitches in three innings.
He said, “I don’t think there is a need to show a lot of things to the team in the same district,” and “the goal is to raise the number of pitches to 100 in the camp.”
Ryu Hyun-jin, who is preparing for the opening by gradually increasing the number of pitching and innings, is expected to throw more than 4 innings in this start.