'SUPER ACE' RYU HYUN-JIN EFFECT... EVEN THE OPPONENT'S STARTING ORDER IS MIXED UP

Hanwha coach Choi Won-ho, “How can Ryu Hyun-jin avoid it? How will the opponent avoid it?”

The reason why professional baseball coaches are most sensitive to injuries to starting pitchers is because it is not just the loss of one player, but also a significant variable that can shake up the team's power plan itself.

As a starting pitcher, who must carefully manage his condition, his performance will inevitably be affected if his pitch date is delayed or postponed by a day or two.

One of the effects that the Hanwha Eagles expect from 'super ace' Ryu Hyun-jin (36) is 'disturbance of the opponent's starting lineup.' 온라인카지노

On the 25th, coach Choi Won-ho met with reporters at Yaese Gotinda Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and said, "The advantage of having an ace is that the opponent can change the starting rotation.

If the starting team of the team you are facing is strong, you can change the matchup, and in fact, during the regular season.

“Ideally, it should run normally,” he explained.

Last year, Hanwha felt the sadness of suddenly losing a starting pitcher to the point where it was bone-chilling.

Burch Smith, who was in charge of the starting mound in the opening game, pitched only 2⅔ innings and 60 pitches and was forced out due to injury.

That was Smith's first and last appearance in the KBO League, and Hanwha, whose plans went awry from the first game, ended up finishing the season in 9th place.

Coach Choi said, "I've seen a lot of teams that falter even if the starting rotation is slightly changed.

Teams with good starting pitchers place them in priority order without having to look at opponent data, but weak teams start by putting them here and there.

That's how things get mixed up. “He said.

This season, Hanwha has the strongest starting lineup in recent years ‘if there are no injuries.’

Centered around Ryu Hyun-jin, who is likely to be the starter in the opening game, two foreign pitchers, Felix Peña and Ricardo Sanchez, who played in the KBO League last season, are still alive.

Moon Dong-ju, who won the KBO League Rookie of the Year award last season, also occupies a spot in the starting lineup, while Kim Min-woo, Lee Tae-yang, and rookie Hwang Jun-seo are competing for the fifth starting spot.

It is also the most reliable background for Hanwha to carefully look forward to ‘more than just fall baseball.’

Coach Choi laughed, saying, “Now that the ace (Ryu Hyun-jin) has returned, we have also changed the order of the starting lineup.

Originally, we planned to use Peña as the starter in the opening game and send one of Sanchez or Moon Dong-ju to the second game.”

With Ryu Hyun-jin's return, attention is drawn to whether the Korean baseball 'troika' starting matchup with Kim Gwang-hyun (35, SSG Landers) and Yang Hyeon-jong (35, KIA Tigers) will be successful.

In the KBO League, it is rare to see a match between 'super aces' unless it is the postseason.

The winning team kills two birds with one stone as they can get into the mood, but the losing team is bound to feel burdened due to the large losses.

So, whether they know it or not, coaches adjust the starting order little by little when a matchup between aces comes up.

Proof of this is that Ryu Hyun-jin and Kim Gwang-hyun have never faced each other in the KBO League regular season.

When a question related to this came up, Coach Choi did not try to hide his overflowing confidence, saying, "How can Ryu Hyun-jin avoid it?

We will go normally. Instead, the opponent will avoid it."

If the team that will face Ryu Hyun-jin slightly changes the starting order as coach Choi expects, Hanwha could be one step ahead of its rivals.