Not enough to play in the big leagues, you have to stay with us"…Ryu Hyun-jin's Funny Joke Towards 'Hanwha Super-Ace'
Not enough to play in the big leagues, you have to stay with us"…Ryu Hyun-jin's Funny Joke Towards 'Hanwha Super-Ace'
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It's a little short. You have to stay with us."
Ryu Hyun-jin made a pleasant joke toward "Super-Ace" Cody Ponce (Hanwha Eagles). It contained his desire to be together for a long time.메이저사이트
The Hanwha Eagles, led by head coach Kim Kyung-moon, defeated the NC Dinos 7-1 under head coach Lee Ho-joon in an away game of the 2025 professional baseball KBO League held at Changwon NC Park on Sunday. With the victory, the Hanwha Eagles recorded 33 wins and 23 losses.
Starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin's outstanding pitching was remarkable. He gave up a timely first RBI to Kim Joo-won in the bottom of the first inning, but later took the lead in Hanwha's victory by controlling the loss well.
The final result was three hits, two outs and five strikeouts and one run during six innings. With a total of 91 pitches distributed, Ryu blocked NC`s batters by evenly using fastballs (41 pitches), changeups (19 pitches), curves (18 pitches), and cutters (13 pitches). After leaving the mound at a time when his team was leading 4-1, Ryu also had the pleasure of earning five wins (two losses) this season as Hanwha won without allowing a tie.
After the game, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "Ryu Hyun-jin dealt with the opponent's batting line with the least number of runs. "Thanks to this, I was able to solve the game with a good flow," he said with a thumbs-up.
Ryu Hyun-jin smiled brightly, saying, "I think it's the best to interview after becoming a winning pitcher."
As I mentioned earlier, I had a crisis in the beginning. I lost the first run in the bottom of the first inning, and I was hit hard by Kim Sung-wook on the first base with no outs in the bottom of the second inning. Fortunately, the ball was sucked into the glove of center fielder Esteban Floral.
"Nothing has changed (from the beginning to the middle of the game). Kwon Hee-dong pitched the bat well in the bottom of the first inning. In the case of Kim Joo-won (who hit a timely hit), if he hit such a ball, he should acknowledge it from the standpoint of a pitcher. It was the best ball for me, too. I turned that low ball into a hit. I have to praise Kim," Ryu said. "I really liked his stellar defense. Such a super catch gives me so much energy from the standpoint of a pitcher. Of course, I appreciate it because it gives me concentration. I also thanked him on the mound."
Ryu Hyun-jin, who slowed down a bit in the previous two games, the match against the Daejeon SSG Landers on the 18th (three hits, three strikeouts, two strikeouts, four runs) and the Daejeon Lotte Giants on the 24th (five innings, seven hits, one strikeout, four strikeouts, and three runs).
In response, he said, "Both my ball control and my speed didn't turn out as good as today. There were some games where I lost a lot of points, so I decided to keep my mindset as a 20-year-old. I threw according to Shin Kyung-hyun's signature. I will never shake my head if (catcher) (Choi) Jae-hoon signs today. I really didn't shake anything. I had two walks, but Jae-hoon had a good lead. I will continue to do so."
Ryu Hyun-jin, Cody Ponce (8 wins and 1.94 ERA), Ryan Weiss (7 wins, 2 losses, 3.35 ERA), and Moon Dong-ju (5 wins, 2 losses, 3.68 ERA) are considered the strongest teams in the Korean pro baseball league. More than anything else, Ponce and Weiss have been outpacing rival teams in recent days.
Ryu Hyun-jin said, "Good foreign pitchers are doing so well. We have a lot of Korean starting pitchers to follow. We need to work harder when compared to the two pitchers. The two players are competitive enough. If the third and fifth starters, including myself, support a little more, I think they will be amazing starters. Our third and fifth starters need to cheer up," he nodded.
In particular, Ponce scored 18 strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader against Daejeon SSG on the 17th, breaking Ryu Hyun-jin's record of the most strikeouts in a game based on regular innings.
Asked if he was a little upset, Ryu said, "I wasn't at all. It was good. If he were a player from another team, it would have been a little bad, but a player from my team congratulated me in front of me," adding, "I thought it would not be easy in today's world. You can't throw 120 to 130 pitches like you did at the time. I thought it would not be easy compared to the number of innings, but he did it so easily. It is amazing. I saw him next to me and the ball was so good."
Finally, when asked if Ponce would work in the Major League Baseball as well, he said, "No," adding, "You have to stay with us. I still have a lot to improve. I hope he can play for about seven years like me in the Hanwha Eagles." It was a pleasant joke from Ryu, who expressed his desire to be with him for a long time.