KIA coach Lee Beom-ho feels Ryu Hyun-jin's return... “Hanwha has become much more solid”
Coach Beom-ho Lee and Hyun-jin Ryu, who worked together for 4 seasons at Hanwha, said Hyun-jin Ryu, “Now that you’ve become the coach, you have to greet them well.”
Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Hanwha Eagles), who completed his first training at the Okinawa camp in Japan on the 23rd, indirectly congratulated KIA Tigers coach Lee Beom-ho (42), whom he called 'brother' not long ago, saying, "Now that you have become the coach, I need to greet you well."
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Director Lee and Ryu Hyun-jin worked together at Hanwha from 2006 to 2009.
When Ryu Hyun-jin went on the mound, it was manager Lee who reliably guarded the third base hot corner and acted as a solution to the batting lineup.
When Manager Lee retired after ending his career at KIA in 2019, Ryu Hyun-jin, who was leading the National League in ERA for the Los Angeles Dodgers, sent a congratulatory video to the KIA team.
When Manager Lee went to MLB's Philadelphia Phillies for coaching training in 2020, Ryu Hyun-jin invited him to his house and the two shared a close friendship.
As Ryu Hyun-jin, when he returned to the KBO League after competing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for 11 years, his close brother became a professional baseball coach, so he can feel how time flies.
Since Coach Lee is now the head of a team, instead of publicly revealing his personal relationship with Ryu Hyun-jin, he was wary of 'Hanwha, which will become stronger with the addition of Ryu Hyun-jin.'
On the 24th, Coach Lee met with reporters at Gin Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, where the KIA Spring Camp is in progress, and said, "Rather than being wary of Ryu Hyun-jin, I think Hanwha itself has become much more solid with the arrival of Ryu Hyun-jin.
“Rather than worrying about a specific player as a coach, I worry about how the opposing team will become stronger when that player returns,” he said.
The experienced Ryu Hyun-jin is expected to have a significant influence on younger players not only on the mound but also in the dugout.
Right now, Hanwha's young pitchers are trying hard to learn at least one more thing from Ryu Hyun-jin during this camp.
Coach Lee said, "As a coach, I'm concerned about that, and I'm worried about how to deal with it when we face (a stronger) Hanwha.
Since there is a rotation (Ryu Hyun-jin's appearance against KIA), I think it would be good to avoid getting caught by us as much as possible." “He laughed.
KIA also has an outstanding left-handed ace named Yang Hyun-jong (35).
Coach Lee Beom-ho said, “Even if one player cannot change the team (based on baseball skills alone), if a player follows that player’s direction, the team itself will change.
With a good player named Ryu Hyun-jin coming into Hanwha, which has many young players, ‘our team can too.
“Creating confidence that ‘there is such a good player’ is what changes the team,” he explained.
He added, "Our team can grow further by watching pitchers like Yang Hyun-jong and hitters like Choi Hyeong-woo and Na Seong-beom.
Good players can change the team culture."