Struggles Continue for Hanwha’s Ryu Hyun-Jin in Baseball League

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Hanwha’s Ryu Hyun-jin came out on top yesterday and suffered the indignity of allowing the most runs in the league.

Hanwha, who had been looking forward to the fall of baseball, was in danger of falling to last place due to Ryu Hyun-jin’s unexpectedly sluggish performance.

This is reporter Kim Soo-geun.

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Ten days ago, Ryu Hyun-jin achieved his 100th victory.

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“The previous few games had been bad, so I really regretted that, but I think we should keep going with good energy after today.”

After 6 innings, the pitch count was over 100, so it seemed that Ryu Hyun-jin and the team had a chance to turn things around.

However, concerns deepened again yesterday as they gave up 5 runs in 5 innings to last place Lotte.

He gave up a whopping 33 runs in 8 games this season, becoming the league’s leading pitcher along with Dugger, who was released from SSG.

The biggest problem is physical strength.

Although he pitched at an ace level until the 3rd inning with an impressive .100 percentage and 2.25 ERA…

After the 4th inning, the team suddenly collapsed to the point where there were more runs than innings.

It can be said that once the batting order rotates, a different pitcher will become available.

Kiwoom’s game collapsed last month with 7 hits in a row, and yesterday also, the team collapsed after the 4th over.

As a result, hitmen are also targeting Ryu Hyun-jin more actively.

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“Because he’s older with great control on the pitch, I think I hit a good ball because I tried to hit it without missing anything coming in from the start.”

Hanwha’s defense is also a problem.

Of the team’s 28 errors this season, 6 came in games where Ryu set up Hyun-jin.

The theoretical run rate excluding batted balls that includes defense, the so-called ‘defense-independent ERA’, is two points lower than the actual record.

This means that the defense is largely responsible for Ryu Hyun-jin’s sluggish performance.

Hanwha, who was leading a month ago, will actually drop to last place if he loses today.

This is Kim Soo-geun from MBC News.

Video Editing: Minji Kim

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