2024-05-10 03:12:32
Half of the batters he faced in the 5th inning had no hits.
Average ERA 5.65… 24th out of 25
Ahead of the opening of this season’s professional baseball season, Hanwha was evaluated as a top-five player. Hanwha is a team that ranked 9-10-10-10-9 out of 10 teams over the past five seasons until last year. The addition of Ryu Hyun-jin (37, photo), who returned to Hanwha after playing in the American professional baseball major league for 11 years, was the biggest reason why Hanwha’s expected performance was raised. However, as of the 8th, when about a quarter of this season’s regular league schedule has been played, Hanwha is in 9th place, the same as last season’s final ranking. Ryu Hyun-jin is also a far cry from the ‘Korean Monster’ that fans remember.
Ryu Hyun-jin started the game against Lotte on the 8th and suffered his 4th loss (2 wins) of the season, allowing 8 hits and 5 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings. His earned run average rose from 5.21 to 5.65. He ranks 24th in ERA among 25 pitchers who have completed the required number of innings as of the 8th.
Ryu Hyun-jin’s problem is that he cannot properly get past the ‘fabulous 5th episode’. Ryu Hyun-jin until the 4th inning and Ryu Hyun-jin after the 5th inning appear to be completely different pitchers. On this day against Lotte, Ryu Hyun-jin pitched relatively well, allowing only 1 run until the 4th inning. However, after one out in the 5th inning, he suffered consecutive hits to Joo-chan Lee and Seung-wook Park, and after two outs, he allowed 3 consecutive hits to Seung-min Ko (double), Reyes (single), and Jun-woo Jeon (triple), giving up 4 runs. There was a similar scene in the Kiwoom match on the 5th of last month. Ryu Hyun-jin, who had been pitching well until the 4th inning with 1 hit and no runs, collapsed after giving up 9 runs (9 earned) after hitting 7 consecutive hits in the 5th inning with a 4-0 lead. It was Ryu Hyun-jin’s most goals conceded in a single game.
Ryu Hyun-jin’s hitting percentage in the 1st to 4th innings is 0.231 (28 hits in 121 at-bats), but his hitting percentage in the 5th inning reaches 0.500 (17 hits in 34 at-bats). The more times you face a batter, the higher your hit rate. The hitting percentage, which is 0.206 (14 hits in 68 at bats) for the first opponent, increases to 0.274 (17 hits in 62 at bats) for the second and 0.429 (18 hits for 42 at bats) for the third.
The reason for Ryu Hyun-jin’s poor performance may be that he did not prepare properly as his return to the Korean stage was decided late as the opening of this season was imminent. Even batters who know that Ryu Hyun-jin’s pitching ability is not as good as before no longer think of him as a pitcher who cannot hit. Ko Seung-min, who hit two hits against Ryu Hyun-jin in the game on the 8th, said, “I went to bat with the mindset that I could win, and the results were good.”
Reporter Lee Heon-jae uni@donga.com
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