Hyunjin Ryu. AP Yonhap News
Hyunjin Ryu (35, Toronto Blue Jays) finally goes into action to prepare for the 2022 season.
Ryu Hyun-jin will start at 2:07 am on the 26th at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida, USA for the 2022 home game against the Detroit Tigers in the US Major League.
Hyun-Jin Ryu is the last among the Toronto starters to play an exhibition match. Jose Verrios (2 hits, 2 runs in 1⅓ innings), Alec Manoa (2 hits, 1 run in 2 innings), and Yusei Kikuchi (1 hit and no runs in 2 innings) finished one appearance, and Kevin Gaussman started against the Atlanta Braves on the 25th. do.
Hyunjin Ryu, who stayed in Korea for about five months, left for the United States on the 14th and joined the Dunedin Spring Camp in Florida on the 16th, delayed the start of the demonstration game due to long-distance flights and relatively late joining the camp. Hyunjin Ryu finished his first live pitching on the 20th, and is set to make his first appearance in the demonstration game on the 26th. He is expected to pitch in about two innings in his first demonstration game. Ryu Hyun-jin plans to check his position by appearing in three demonstration matches, including the match against Detroit on the 26th.
Ryu Hyun-jin is expected to start the regular season with the third starter. Before leaving for the United States, Ryu Hyun-jin reacted bluntly, saying, “The starting order doesn’t matter,” but “before the season starts, I always aim for a 2-point ERA and 30 appearances. ) We will prepare for the season with the same goal.”
The 2022 MLB regular season begins on April 8. Toronto will play their first game of the regular season against the Texas Rangers on April 9.
On the other hand, Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi (31), who had a meal with Hyunjin Ryu, fought hard in his first game after joining Toronto. Kikuchi started in the demonstration game against the New York Yankees at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida on the 23rd, and gave up one hit and one walk in two innings and gave no runs. He struck out four.
Kikuchi signed a three-year, $36 million contract with Toronto on the 13th. After Jose Beiros, Kevin Gaussman, Hyunjin Ryu and Alec Manoa, he is expected to play as the fifth starter for Toronto. As Kikuchi successfully made his ‘Toronto Debut’, the momentum of Toronto, which is considered as the no.
Toronto defeated the Yankees 9-2 on that day and won their fourth game (one loss) in an exhibition game.
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