“A soft-throwing veteran is not a bullpen candidate.”
The Toronto Blue Jays made another move on Wednesday. They demoted Alec Manoa to Triple-A. Manoa, in his second year in the big leagues, still has minor league options with the club. However, he may not return as a starter, at least not this season. The Toronto Star broke the news earlier in the day. Ryu’s return and Manoa’s struggles made the decision easy for Toronto.온라인카지노
Ryu is back and healthy. Immediately after Ryu’s return, Toronto ran a six-man rotation of ace Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, Ryu, Chris Bassett, and Yusei Kikuchi Manoa. However, the team went back to a five-man rotation with Manoa out of the lineup. As the Toronto Star explained, Ryu is not the right type of pitcher for the bullpen.
Kikuchi has been stellar this season, and Bassitt hasn’t been too shaky through the ups and downs. Manoa, on the other hand, has been unreliable since his return. On top of that, Toronto will end a 17-game road trip on the 14th against the Chicago Cubs with Ryu Hyun-jin. They then have off days on the 15th, 18th, and 22nd. There’s a nine-game homestand after that, but that’s normal in the major leagues.
This means that Ryu will play the rest of the regular season on five days of rest and six days of pitching, instead of six days of rest and seven days of pitching. First up, Ryu will make his third start of the season at home against the Chicago Cubs on the 14th at 2:37pm.
Ryu has a tough schedule ahead of him/Getty Images Korea
Using a five-man rotation, Ryu will finish the season with starts against Cincinnati on the 21st (2:40, away), Cleveland on the 27th (4:07, home), Colorado on the 2nd of next month (9:40, away), Oakland on the 7th (4:37, away), Texas on the 13th (8:07, home), Boston on the 18th (2:37, home), Tampa Bay on the 24th (5:10, away), and Tampa Bay on the 30th (8:07, home).
That means Ryu has nine starts left. Notice that there are six day games. That’s a lot of day games for Ryu. It’s important for him to stay healthy. The last three games of the season are especially important, with two games against Tampa Bay, who are in the first wild card spot, and a game against Boston, who are fighting for the fifth wild card spot.
For Ryu, it’s an opportunity. If he can stay healthy and perform well in a six-day, five-rest schedule, it could be a decisive factor in his value in the upcoming 2023-2024 free agent market. These nine games will determine Ryu’s future as a major leaguer.
Toronto failed to collect the full $80 million on Ryu’s contract. Instead, they’ve set up a situation where they can shed $20 million of his salary this year. It’s a fateful nine games for Ryu, too. At this point, the industry consensus is that he’s more likely to try to stay in the major leagues than return to Hanwha in the KBO this winter.
Ryu is pitching strong. Toronto’s fate this season is closely tied to the quality of Ryu’s pitches/Getty Images Corey