The starting pitch that pushed even the arm pain ‘abnormal signal’… 3-day detailed examination
“Before the game, I thought I could throw as usual.”
Ryu Hyun-jin (35, Toronto Blue Jays), who was forced to play early due to pain in his left forearm, said he regretted the decision to go ahead.
Hyun-Jin Ryu was sluggish with 4 hits and 3 runs (2 earned runs) in 4 innings in the 2022 MLB (MLB) Chicago White Sox held at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 2nd (Korea time), followed by local media such as Canadian Sportsnet. When asked in an interview with ‘Do you regret starting today?’, he honestly said, “I didn’t regret it before the game, but after the game, I regret it a bit.”
Ryu Hyun-jin threw 65 balls in 5 innings against the Los Angeles Angels on the 27th of last month and then slapped him in the 6th inning.
At the time, Hyun-Jin Ryu reported discomfort in his left elbow, and the Toronto bench hastily changed pitchers.
After the match, Ryu Hyun-jin judged that there was nothing wrong with his physical condition through light training.
And in six days, he digested the normal starting rotation.
He felt a kind of ‘abnormal signal’ during the game, but he did not get enough rest and pushed the pitch forward.
Hyunjin Ryu, who stood on the mound amid concerns around him, was sluggish.
He threw only 58 balls in four innings that day, and again felt an abnormality in his forearm.
The average fastball speed was only 141 km per hour, which is much slower than the season average (144 km per hour).
Ryu Hyun-jin can be re-listed on the injured list (IL) according to the test results.
Regarding his current physical condition, Ryu Hyun-jin said, “I will have an examination tomorrow (the 3rd).
I think we will have to wait for the results.”
The outlook is bleak.
“Actually, I thought I could throw as usual before the game,” said Ryu Hyun-jin. did.
This means that the forearm pain is not temporary.
Ryu Hyun-jin has already been elevated to IL with the same symptoms.
In April, he was promoted to the IL due to a left forearm injury, and was unable to play for nearly a month.
Sportsnet predicted, “If Hyun-Jin Ryu misses due to an injury, Ross Stripling will fill the vacancy.”
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