"The problem was defense." Cold Ryu Hyun-jin will wake up from his defense nightmare with 'Shim Woo-joon joining + Ryu's bitter criticism'

"The problem was defense." Cold Ryu Hyun-jin will wake up from his defense nightmare with 'Shim Woo-joon joining + Ryu's bitter criticism'

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With Ahn Chi-hong (34) and Ryu Hyun-jin (37), the Hanwha Eagles has instantly emerged as a candidate for the best five teams. He was also checked by many teams on Media Day before the season.먹튀검증

Since 2018, when he entered the fall baseball league last year, he has secured the most wins and raised his winning rate to 0.465. Compared with 0.324 only two years ago, his performance has been remarkable. However, the final result was not as good as eighth place.

Asked about Hanwha's failure to advance to the semi-finals by MBC Sports Plus baseball commentator Jeong Min-cheol, who also served as general manager of TVING Perfect League 2024, Ryu said, "Our thoughts were that they were all about the semi-finals. Some say baseball is about playing pitchers, but I think the reason for the failure (of the semi-finals) is defense. Defensive is more important than offense."

Despite some ups and downs in the early days of the season, Ryu, who had topped the ERA list in the Major League, played 158 ⅓ innings in 28 games this season, posting comprehensive results with 10-8 losses and ERA of 3.87. However, this season was hardly satisfactory as Hanwha did not advance to the semifinals and did not produce as good a performance as expected.

Ryu found an answer in defense. "Even if I lose a point by mistake, I don't get angry later. However, many players get angry when they strike out or fail at bat," Ryu said. "I don't understand. You have to be angry when you play defense."

Hanwha's unstable defense is not a matter of yesterday and today. This season, the team posted 105 errors, the sixth largest number, but looking into the details, the team was never satisfactory.

Mistakes are recorded when players miss the ball or fail to throw the ball while trying to defend, and Hanwha had the narrowest defense among the 10 teams. With 1.19, the game was even shorter than the leading Kia Tigers (1.65), and the team also had a considerable gap with the ninth-ranked Doosan Bears (1.29). As Hanwha often does not make attempts, it is often not recorded as an error. It can be interpreted that the team allowed a hit so easily.

He also had the lowest defense efficiency at 0.649. It can be seen as two indicators that explain the gap between the number of errors that seemed relatively small and the Hanwha Eagles' loose defense.

Even when Ryu took the mound, he often failed to receive assistance from defense. Ryu`s ability to induce grounders based on changeups in his main weapon has led to a number of cases in which the fielders failed to address this issue properly, leading to more runs being lost. Ryu, who soothed the fielders without getting excited every time, is expected to see some improvement next year.

"I am the problem. There were two or three games where I allowed a lot of runs in the beginning," Ryu said. "If I had secured that, I would have made it to the next round of five." He also said, "I just watched it this year. I will talk to my players a lot from next year." As he is an old player and a veteran of the team, I think I should focus on it to a certain extent even by yelling at him."

The defense situation has not changed much from when the Korean league was devastated before entering the U.S. Baseball fans said, "Don't throw the ball with confidence in the defense. You have to catch it," to young promising baseball players, but this is why baseball fans said that the recognition was caused by Hanwha's unstable defense.

Under the leadership of Kim Kyung-moon, who highly emphasizes defense, it is expected that the team will engage in training with great emphasis on defense in the spring camp. In addition, the team has strengthened its center line by recruiting Shim Woo-joon (29), a free agent, for the position of shortstop with 20 of the most errors, for four years and 5 billion won.

Hanwha, which is preparing for the new stadium, is expressing its commitment to advance to the next season unconditionally. Expectations are already high on how Hanwha's defense, which includes Ryu Hyun-jin as a full-fledged nagster and Shim Woo-joon, will change.