Ryu Hyun-jin's advice, "If you want to go to the United States, you must play Korean professional baseball first!"

Pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin (37, Hanwha), who went straight to the Major League for the first time among Korean professional baseball players, gave sincere advice to juniors who want to enter the U.S.

Ryu Hyun-jin appeared on an online media talk show hosted by Lee Dae-ho on the 18th (Korea Standard Time) and answered, "I think it's so good" when asked, "What do you think about Korean players going to the United States?"온라인카지노

Regarding the "time to enter the U.S., he said, "I recommend that you play in the Korean professional baseball first and then go through the posting system."

"If you do something promising in high school, you may feel it yourself, but it may not be easy to start with the rookie league (minor league)," Ryu said. "And when you go to the U.S. after graduating from high school, your body is a little less built. But I'm going to go to the U.S. and try to live alone. Wow, I think I'm going to rip you off no matter what."


The Minor League is divided into five stages, from the lowest-level rookie league to the single A-single A+-double A-triple A. Having to do well after all of these stages will allow the team to advance to the Major League through rain. As Ryu pointed out, going to the U.S. at a young age and playing alone can be difficult in many ways.

Ryu Hyun-jin also said, "If there is a player around me who is thinking of entering the U.S., just do it in Korea and go to posting like kids these days. If you can post, I would like to tell you to leave, but I really oppose going to the U.S. immediately after graduating from high school."

Lee Dae-ho also agreed with Ryu Hyun-jin's idea, saying, "These days, it seems that Japanese players, like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, are recognized in their own leagues and then are treated properly through the posting system."

Ryu Hyun-jin, who signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers through the posting system in 2013 and went straight to the Major League, pitched in a total of 30 games in his first year in the big league with an outstanding record of 14 wins, 8 losses and an ERA of 3.00, writing the myth of "Korean Monster."

In 2014, the second year of the big league, Ryu appeared in a total of 26 games, displaying 14 wins, seven losses and an earned run average of 3.38, and seemed to be dominating the big league. However, his outstanding pitching contributed to the criticism. He ended up on the operating table due to back and left shoulder injuries that he visited during the 2015 spring camp, and enjoyed the entire season.

He returned to the mound in the fall of 2016, about two years after surgery, but played in only one game, showing poor performance with an ERA of 11.57. He also failed to display powerful performance in the past, as he only had single-digit wins for two consecutive years.


After the 2019 season, Ryu became a free agent and moved to Toronto. In 2020, the first year of his transfer, he pitched 5 wins, 2 losses and an earned run average of 2.69, and made a soft landing in the American League. The following year, he also defended well in 2021, with 14 wins and 10 losses and an earned run average of 4.37. However, he stopped playing in only 17 games during the two years of 2022 and 2023 due to various injuries including shoulder and hamstring. This is why he became stigmatized as a "eat and run." 

Ryu eventually returned to the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean professional baseball league this year after ending his career in the Major League. Having played in the Major League for a total of 10 seasons, Ryu posted a career-high 78 wins, 48 losses and an earned run average of 3.27.

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