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The 28th marks the one year since major league pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu (33) joined the Toronto Blue Jays in the US professional baseball.
American baseball site Fan Said’s’Jace Journal’ gave a good evaluation by looking back on Ryu Hyun-jin’s one year joining in an article titled’Happy Anniversary for Toronto Fans’.
The media said, “A year ago, Toronto signed Ryu Hyun-jin for 4 years and 80 million dollars to strengthen its power.”
Ryu Hyun-jin, who held the inaugural ceremony at the Rogers Center, Toronto’s home stadium, on December 28 last year, led the advancement to the postseason as a starting pitcher for Toronto this year with 5 wins and 2 losses and an average ERA of 2.69.
“In fact, Ryu Hyun-jin wasn’t the most coveted pitcher in the free agent market last year,” Jace Journal recalled. “Garrett Cole, who was expected to have the biggest contract, signed a contract with the New York Yankees for $324 million in 9 years.” did.
Not only Cole, but also Steven Strasberg, Madison Bumgarner, and other free agents, who were considered more attractive pitchers than Ryu Hyun-jin, either renewed the contract with the Washington Nationals or chose the Arizona Diamondbacks. The contract size reached $245 million for 7 years and $85 million for 5 years, respectively.
Ryu Hyun-jin was likely to go to Minnesota, but Toronto was successful.
The media recalled, “When the contract between Ryu Hyun-jin and Toronto was announced, Toronto made excessive spending (overpayment) to a player with a long injured void, and I thought that I would regret the contract in about a year.”
However, “Ryu Hyun-jin did not skip the rotation in the first season shortened to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and recorded an average ERA of 2.69 and was able to meet the ransom of $ 20 million a year. It was 3rd place.”
He said, “I hope that Ryu Hyun-jin will continue to maintain the dominant performance like this season and prove that I am wrong.”
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