JTBC’s popular baseball entertainment ‘Strongest Baseball’ was removed and the name of the professional baseball team ‘KT Wiz’ was added. KT rookie Hyun-in Ryu (23), not the’strongest baseball’ Hyun-in Ryu, raised expectations for joining the first team entry before the opening game of the 2023 season with his performance in the demonstration game.
Ryu Hyun-in started as second baseman 8th batter먹튀검증 in the 2023 KBO League demonstration game against Doosan held on the 21st and recorded 2 hits and 1 point in 4 at-bats. In particular, KT prevented the team from losing by helping to score 4 points in the 7th inning when it was trailing 1-5.
On this day, the only players who recorded multiple hits for both teams were Doosan foreign hitter Jose Rojas, KT Cho Yong-ho, Kang Baek-ho, Moon Sang-cheol and Ryu Hyun-in. Although he made a defensive mistake in the third inning, Ryu Hyun-in caught a ground ball from Doosan Kim In-tae in the beginning of the 7th inning and caught Kim Dae-han, who was digging home from third base, with an accurate home throw.
Ryu Hyeon-in started for the first time that day. Prior to the game, KT coach Lee Kang-cheol said, “(Rookie) Ryu Hyun-in and Son Min-seok will be sent as second baseman and shortstop respectively. Since it is an exhibition game, I will send them out and watch it.” While everyone was watching, Hyun-in Ryu did his part in air defense and smiled at the command tower.
After the game, Ryu Hyun-in said, “During the demonstration game, I focus on the timing of hitting. In today’s game, I focused on making sure the timing wasn’t too late, and I think there was a good result in hitting.” He said, “(Although) it was a demonstration game, but I started for the first time wearing a uniform in Suwon. Feelings are new. In the future, I will prepare my body so that I can stably defend and get on base.”
Ryu Hyun-in has a batting average of 0.333 (5 hits in 15 at-bats) as of the 21st. SBS Sports commentator Kim Tae-hyung praised Hyun-in Ryu, who was very active in air defense during the broadcast, and said, “It is in KT coach Kang-cheol Lee’s idea that he is participating in an exhibition game even though he is a rookie.” praised