Mipro Baseball Toronto's Ace Hyun-jin Ryu is the first Korean player to stand on the mound of the opening game for three consecutive years.



Toronto coach Charlie Monteyo predicted Ryu Hyun-jin as a starting match for the regular season with the New York Yankees held at Yankee Stadium in New York on the 2nd of next month through a video interview after completing a demonstration match with the MLB Philadelphia Phillies at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida. I did.



Ryu Hyun-jin started with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019 when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and played with one run in 6 innings, and last year when he moved to Toronto, he started in the Tampa Bay race and the opening game last year and was a bit sluggish with 3 runs in 4 innings.



Ryu Hyun-jin is the first Korean player to start for three consecutive years before the opening of the MLB.



Previously, Park Chan-ho (2001, 2002) had been selected for the opening game for the second consecutive year.



Ryu Hyun-jin made two starts against the Yankees last season.



He was sluggish with 5 hits and 5 runs (5 runs) in the first match of the season against the Yankees in Sailon Field, New York, USA on September 8 last year, including 3 homers in 5 innings.



In his second game, September 25, he made a winning pitcher with 5 hits and no runs in 7 innings.



Ryu Hyun-jin's starting matchup against the opening game is Gerrit Cole, who is considered the best pitcher in the MLB.



Cole is the best pitcher to join the Yankees as a free agent (FA) after playing for the Houston Astros in 2019 with an ERA of 20-5.



Last year, which was a shortened season of 60 games, he was active with an average ERA of 7-3 and 2.84.



Cole started with the Baltimore Orioles in a demonstration game, and confirmed her condition by struggling with 5 strikeouts with 2 hits in 5⅔innings and 5 strikeouts.



In the opening game, the Yankees announced that they would enter 1850 spectators, which is about 20% of the total seats, and Hyun-jin Ryu throws the ball in front of a large crowd after a long time.



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