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【Youth Daily】 Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Ryu Hyun-jin (33)’s 1st anniversary
On the 28th (Korean time), the Toronto club celebrated the 1st anniversary of Hyunjin Ryu by leaving a message on official Twitter and Instagram, “A year ago today, Hyunjin Ryu joined Blue Jays.”
Then, in Korean, “Hyunjin Ryu is special” and attached a picture of Taegeukgi.
Toronto also posted a picture of Ryu Hyun-jin’s initiation ceremony and a fight against him, and a video of playfully drawing a V with his finger.
Ryu Hyun-jin held an inauguration ceremony at the Rogers Center, Toronto home stadium, on December 28 of last year.
The’Jace Journal’ of the American baseball site Fan Said also gave a good evaluation by looking back on Ryu Hyun-jin’s 1 year in joining.
In an article titled’Happy Anniversary to Toronto Fans’, the media said, “A year ago, Toronto signed Ryu Hyun-jin for 4 years and 80 million dollars to strengthen its power,” and evaluated that this contract helped accelerate the team rebuilding. did.
Ryu Hyun-jin led the advancement to the postseason as Toronto’s ace starting pitcher 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.”
【Youth Daily = Reporter Kim Doo-hwan】