Korean big leaguer leaves one after another, Yang Hyun-jong is decided within a week[SS 포커스]

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays in the US professional baseball major league is leaving the country to prepare for the 2021 season of the major leagues at Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 on the morning of the 3rd. Incheon International Airport | yunhap news

[스포츠서울 장강훈기자] “It’s time to focus on baseball. I will give good news to the people suffering from corona.”

‘Korean Monster’ Ryu Hyun-jin (34, Toronto) left Korea on the 3rd to participate in the spring camp. Ryu Hyun-jin, who boarded an aircraft bound for Atlanta, Georgia, USA through Incheon International Airport this morning, plans to join Spring Camp in Dunedin, Florida after receiving a corona negative test after entering the country. Due to the severe coronavirus situation in the United States, his wife Bae Bae-hyun and his family decided to remain in Korea. However, from this year, trainer Jang Se-hong, who is in charge of Ryu Hyun-jin’s training, will leave Korea as soon as he is issued a visa to enter the United States. It seems that the family will be able to lessen their worries.

St. Louis Kim Gwang-hyun is showing a bright face after starting joint training with SK athletes at Gangchang Hak Stadium in Seogwipo City, Jeju. Provided by = SK Wyverns

Trainer Jang said, “We started physical training from November last year and trained in Korea until January 31st. I checked my shoulders, elbows, adductors, etc., and went through a training program all the way to the pre-throwing stage, such as catch ball, and left Korea in good shape.” Ryu Hyun-jin will begin joint training with a throwing tank at Dunedin’s TD Ball Park on the 18th. Athletes arriving from overseas will not be able to enter the spring camp immediately, so they are expected to join after personal training in Florida.

The Korean big leaguers, where Ryu Hyun-jin stopped starting, are expected to become active starting this weekend. Kim Gwang-hyun, 33, from St.Louis, plans to train on a plane to the U.S. for about 10 days after training with SK players for about a week at Kangchang Hak Stadium in Seogwipo City, Jeju Island on the 2nd. Tampa Bay, Jian Choi, 30, is also leaving Korea on the 7th after receiving the results of his application for a salary adjustment. Kim Ha-seong, 26, who has confirmed joining San Diego and is training at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, is also leaving for the stage of his dreams around 10 days.

Choi Ji-man (Tempa Bay), the first Korean batter to participate in the Major League World Series. Reporter Park Jin-up [email protected]

The major league players’ union officially rejected the postponement proposal for the opening of the regular season proposed by the secretariat on the 3rd. In consideration of the coronavirus situation, the secretariat proposed adjustments to the athletes’ union, such as reducing the season to 154 matches and expanding the playoff teams to 14. However, the labor union rejected it because “the reduction of the season and the postponement plan could have an impact on future labor-management negotiations, and the summit of the minor leagues became unclear.” Accordingly, the major league is expected to open on April 1 as scheduled.

As a result, the clock of Hyunjong Yang (33), a free agent (FA) who is waiting for the time to cross the Pacific Ocean, has also started to accelerate. Yang Hyeon-jong, who is burning his will to advance to the US even after signing a minor league contract, must join the major league spring camp as an invited player. The invited players who signed the split contract play a sort of survival every week. If you survive until the end and digest until the demonstration game, you can satiate your hopes of joining the opening roster. Since the opening date has been set, detailed plans for the camp are expected to be confirmed one after another. If the camp starts between the 18th and 20th of this month, the time left for Yang Hyeon-jong is extremely short, considering the time for visa issuance, etc.

Yang Hyun-jong during the KIA. Reporter Dohoon Kim [email protected]

Several major league clubs have already secured enough data for Yang Hyun-jong. Since I have observed closely for many years, I do not have to work hard to collect his data. The problem is that the FA market in the major leagues is slowly flowing, and due to the special circumstances caused by the corona, there is no room to look at Yang Hyun-jong. It seems that Yang Hyun-jong’s turn will come only after the movement of the senior players is finished. Considering the season schedule, it is necessary to sign a contract before the Lunar New Year holidays to gain time to challenge.
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