▶ Hits allowed in 6 appearances out of the first appearances of 7 demonstration games
▶ Last year, 2 innings and 3 hits
The Toronto Blue Jays ace Hyun-jin Ryu (34) will set out for her first sortie in 2021.
On the 5th, Hyunjin Ryu will start in a demonstration game with the Baltimore Orioles held at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida.
On the 5th, the Toronto club announced Ryu Hyun-jin’s appearance in the game on the 6th through its website.
Baltimore announced veteran pitcher Matt Harvey as a starter.
Actually, the match result and personal performance on this day are not very important.
Ryu Hyun-jin focuses on checking his physical condition in time for the opening of the regular season.
It is not expected to be responsible for many innings. Considering the start of the first demonstration game this season, there is a high possibility of throwing 1-3 innings.
Ryu Hyun-jin is preparing for the new season smoothly. After starting bullpen pitching in Korea, he played bullpen pitching at Dunedin Spring Camp in Florida on the 19th and 22nd of last month.
On the 25th of last month and the 1st of this month, he trained live pitching against batters to raise his sense of practice.
Ryu Hyun-jin showed sluggish appearance in the first game of the demonstration game every year.
He has appeared in the demonstration games every year since 2013, except for one season in 2016, when he was finished in the aftermath of shoulder surgery, and gave hits in six appearances out of his first demonstration games seven times.
It was only in 2015 that the first demonstration game was finished without hitting a hit.
On March 12, 2018’s first demonstration game, the Colorado Rockies collapsed with 2 hits and 4 runs in 2⅔innings including a home run.
On February 28 of last year, he scored one run in three hits including homers in two innings in his first demonstration game against the Minnesota Twins.
The reason why Hyun-jin Ryu was sluggish in the first game of the demonstration game is simple. Because they don’t put out all their power.
Ryu Hyun-jin gradually raises his body and does his best in the regular season.
So, Ryu Hyun-jin’s’Jinx, which was sluggish in the first demonstration game’ is not a big concern.
This year, we are curious about what it will look like in the first demonstration game.