Battery of the Soul’ will not be together for the time being. Will there be any problems with Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Toronto) pitching in the remaining games?
Ryu Hyun-jin started the game against the Colorado Rockies held at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA on the 2nd (Korean time) and came off the mound after pitching 5 innings, allowing 4 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 2 runs. The number of pitches is 76.
He came down the mound with all the requirements to be a winning pitcher, but the bullpen blew away his winning requirements. Still, the team’s batting lineup exploded late and they won 13-9. It was clear that Ryu Hyun-jin’s fight set the stage for victory. In Ryu Hyun-jin’s mounding game after returning from elbow surgery this year, the team recorded 5 wins and 1 loss. All of the last five games were won.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who signed a four-year, $80 million contract with Toronto ahead of the 2020 season, found his ‘best friend’ after the transfer. I have been working with catcher Danny Jansen. He hit it off again. Ryu Hyun-jin and Jansen became ‘soul batteries.’ Jansen has now become a catcher who accounts for a significant portion of Ryu Hyun-jin’s career 바카라.
This year, Jansen is responsible for Toronto’s home defense, splitting the starting catcher’s duties with Alejandro Kirk, but Jansen is selected first when it comes to Ryu Hyun-jin’s games. Ryu Hyun-jin is having a successful comeback season by working with Jansen even after returning from injury this year.
Including today’s game, he and Jansen worked together in battery for a total of 41 games and 215⅓ innings. He has an earned run average of 3.47. When you think of Ryu Hyun-jin, the best catcher that comes to mind was AJ Ellis from his time with the LA Dodgers. He played with Ellis for 41 games and 245 innings, and Jansen is now a catcher who has worked with Ryu Hyun-jin for as long as Ellis.
He helps Ryu Hyun-jin at the right time not only on the mound but also at bat. On this day, he also gave Ryu Hyun-jin the victory requirement by firing a two-run gun in the top of the sixth inning when the score was 2-2. In his return game, against Baltimore on the 2nd of last month, Jansen also hit a solo home run and also had multiple hits against Cincinnati on the 21st.
However, for the time being, I have to play the game without my best friend. On this day, in the bottom of the 6th inning after Ryu Hyun-jin went down, Jansen was hit on the finger by a foul ball when Nolan Jones was at bat. He was then replaced by Alejandro Kirk in the 7th inning, although he took responsibility for the remainder of the inning. Kirk hit a 3-RBI double to tie the game at 5-5.
Eventually, after the game, bad news about Jansen was heard. Immediately after the injury, it was diagnosed as a bruise, but an X-ray examination showed that it was a fracture. Director John Schneider announced the news of Jansen’s right middle finger fracture and said, “It was bad luck and it’s unfortunate. It was a pretty strange injury. And it seems like these injuries are occurring simultaneously.” Currently, starting shortstop Bo Bisset and starting third baseman Matt Chapman are both out due to injuries.
For now, Jansen heads to the injured list. Another catcher, Tyler Heineman, is expected to join the squad. He is scheduled to undergo additional examinations, and accurate findings are expected to come out only after that. It is still unclear how much he will have to deviate from.
First of all, it is expected that he will have to work more with Kirk instead of Janson. He and Kirk worked together for just one game last year, but the results were not good. He gave up 6 hits (1 home run), 1 strikeout, and 5 runs in 4 innings in a game against the Oakland Athletics on April 17 last year.
Toronto has 27 games left in the regular season, and Ryu Hyun-jin can appear in about 4 to 5 more games on the schedule. It remains to be seen how long Jansen’s departure will continue, but it could be bad news for Ryu Hyun-jin, who will have to play without his best friend for the time being.
