Veteran Ryu Hyun-jin 36, Toronto Blue Jays will challenge his second victory of the season against the energetic players of the Cincinnati Reds.
Ryu Hyun-jin will start against Cincinnati in the 2023 Major League Baseball MLB at 2:40 a.m. on the 21st at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ryu Hyun-jin became a winning pitcher with two hits, two walks, three strikeouts and two runs non-earned in five innings against the Chicago Cubs on the 14th. Returning from long rehabilitation after undergoing elbow surgery last year, he showed off his competitiveness by winning three games after returning and 444 days after his last victory.
Toronto, which operated a six-man starting pitcher system in time for 17 consecutive games, returned to the five-man rotation, and Ryu Hyun-jin remained the starting pitcher.
He was somewhat sluggish in the game against the Baltimore Orioles on the 2nd, the first game since his return, but he gained the team's trust by pitching well in the Cleveland Guardians and the third Cubs on the 8th.
Ryu Hyun-jin is aiming to win consecutive games against Cincinnati.
He has pitched well against Cincinnati eight times before, with a 5-2 record and a 3.23 ERA. After moving to Toronto, he faced Cincinnati once, a home game on May 21, 2022, just before his injury. At that time, he won his first win of the season with six hits, no outs, three strikeouts and no runs in six innings.
However, last season's Cincinnati and this year's Cincinnati are completely different teams.
Cincinnati was a team with 62 wins and 100 losses 0.383 last year, with the Pittsburgh Pirates 100 losses, Oakland Athletics 102 losses, and Washington Nationals 107 losses.
However, he is competing with the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs for the lead in the National League Central with a winning rate of more than 50% of 63 wins and 59 losses as of the 18th. He was reborn as a postseason contender after a year from the last-place team.
Giving promising young hitters even opportunities led to good results. First baseman Spencer Steyer 26, center fielder T.J. Friedle 28, shortstop Matt McLain 24, and third baseman Ellie Delacruz 21 are all active as main players this season.
Ryu Hyun-jin also needs special preparation as he has a lot of experience in the Cincinnati match, but many batters are bound to face it for the first time.
In particular, Steer and McLane are considered 'attention figures'. This is because he is a young right-handed hitter with a particularly good performance against left-handed pitchers.
Steyer is the best hitter in the team that ranks first in home runs and RBIs in Cincinnati with a batting average of 0.270 and 18 home runs and 66 RBIs and an OPS on-base percentage + slugging percentage of 0.817 this season as of the 18th.
However, against left-handed pitchers, his performance will be much better with a batting average of 0.297 and an OPS of 0.924. Eight out of 18 home runs were against left-handed pitchers.
Major shortstop McLane is similar. He has a season batting average of 0.298 with 13 home runs and 44 RBIs with an OPS of 0.877, with a batting average of 0.329 and five homers against left-handed pitchers and an OPS of 0.992.
Joey Votto 39 is a veteran who takes center stage in the lineup full of young players. "Franchise star" Votto, who has played for only one Cincinnati team since his debut, has entered his final years as a player.
Following his batting average of 0.205 last season, he is also low at 0.216 this season. 토토사이트
Still, attention is still focused on Botto, which has many domestic fans, including his relationship with Choo Shin-soo.
Ryu Hyun-jin and Votto have a record of 5 hits 0.294 in 17 at-bats and 1 home run. It was Votto who bullied Ryu Hyun-jin by hitting a lot of long balls.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati pitcher who will face Ryu Hyun-jin as a starter is right-hander Hunter Green 24, a young pitcher of "Young Gun."
Green, who played full-time for the first time last season with a 5-13 ERA and a 4.44 ERA, is 2-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 14 games this season.
Green is the starting pitcher who throws the fastest fastball in the world beyond the Major League Baseball. The average speed is close to 100 miles per hour about 160.9 kilometers and the maximum speed is 104 miles about 167.4 kilometers.
It is a pitcher type in contrast to Ryu Hyun-jin, whose fastball speed is formed in the early 140km range. Attention is also drawn to the starting match between Ryu Hyun-jin, who is experienced and skilled, and Green, who is strong and ambitious.
