Professional baseball Hanwha Eagles Ryu Hyun-jin (38) expressed his desire to play for the national team if he has enough skills. 카지노

Ryu Hyun-jin started the practice game against KT Wiz at Kochinda Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on the 26th and recorded two hits, two strikeouts and no runs in two innings. 

Ryu, who posted 24 pitches, used fastballs (14), changeups (8 pitches), and curves (2 pitches). The maximum speed of his fastballs was 142 kilometers per hour, and the average speed was 140 kilometers per hour. His ball speed didn't go up completely yet, but he stole the timing with his sharp ball control, changeups and breaking balls to target batters. 

"I don't have any restrictions in mind right now. I didn't use much effort, but I think I got a lot more restrictions than I thought. So I'm very satisfied," Ryu said in an interview after taking the mound. "I think my ball control and pitching balance were very good. It was my first time to be very satisfied. Since it was my first time taking the mound, I focused on my ball control and balance rather than my ball control." 

Ryu, who played in the Major League from 2013 to 2023, won 78 games (1055 ⅓ innings) with a career-high 3.27 ERA, returned to Korea last season by signing an eight-year contract worth 17 billion won. He recorded 10-8 ERA in 28 games (158 ⅓ innings). 

Ryu was not selected for the Korean national baseball team of the Premier 12 that was held after the end of last season. The Korean team was the first to win the Premier 12 championship overseas and the runner-up at the two-time event, but failed to advance to the Super Round at the last event, accepting the disappointing result. 

Having played as an ace for Korea in numerous international competitions, including the Doha Asian Games in 2006, the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship in Asia, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2009 World Baseball Classic and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Ryu expressed his desire to play for the national team if he achieves good enough results. Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) also said, "We need to select a national team member based on talent and not other criteria such as age." 

"I think (Lee) Jung-hoo is right," Ryu said. "The national team will be selected in next year's World Baseball Classic, and the best players in the previous season should play. As it is a competition representing the national team, I think it is right to win." "I will also do well to be selected as a national team member this year, and if I think I was okay enough to admit, I will definitely play as a member of the national team," he said. "And other veteran players should be picked one by one." 

Asked about the standard of performance that is convincing enough that he will play for the national team on his own, Ryu said, "I have to do better than last year. I think I have to be better than last year in all records to qualify for the national team," vowing to play well this season.