Post by nutsberryfarm ⛑ on May 12, 2019 22:06:38 GMT
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26720033/the-new-greg-maddux-healthy-hyun-jin-ryu-comes-close
LOS ANGELES -- It took Hyun-Jin Ryu 93 pitches to complete a shutout against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
On 58 of those pitches, his catcher, Russell Martin, barely moved his glove.
Martin is a veteran of 14 major league seasons. His career has taken him through two stints in Los Angeles, one with the New York Yankees, one in Pittsburgh and another in Toronto, a winding path that has consisted of more than 13,000 innings behind the plate. He was asked if he had ever encountered the type of precision being executed by Ryu, the Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander who consistently gets overlooked.
Martin nodded.
"Greg Maddux," he said, name-dropping the Hall of Fame right-hander he teamed with briefly on Dodgers teams in 2006 and 2008.
So, that good?
"Yeah," Martin said. "I mean, Maddux might have him by like a smidgen."
It makes sense.
LOS ANGELES -- It took Hyun-Jin Ryu 93 pitches to complete a shutout against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
On 58 of those pitches, his catcher, Russell Martin, barely moved his glove.
Martin is a veteran of 14 major league seasons. His career has taken him through two stints in Los Angeles, one with the New York Yankees, one in Pittsburgh and another in Toronto, a winding path that has consisted of more than 13,000 innings behind the plate. He was asked if he had ever encountered the type of precision being executed by Ryu, the Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander who consistently gets overlooked.
Martin nodded.
"Greg Maddux," he said, name-dropping the Hall of Fame right-hander he teamed with briefly on Dodgers teams in 2006 and 2008.
So, that good?
"Yeah," Martin said. "I mean, Maddux might have him by like a smidgen."
It makes sense.
