The team is doing well. Suddenly talking about the director? Stupid Ryu Hyun-jin, I'm still a player, six more years left on my contract.

Jul 10, 2025

The team is doing well. Suddenly talking about the director? Stupid Ryu Hyun-jin, I'm still a player, six more years left on my contract.
The second of three consecutive games between Hanwha and KIA during the week at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 9th. Ryu Hyun-jin, who is helping his teammates train defense. Daejeon =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.09/



"I'm still a player. Why are you suddenly talking about the coach..."

Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park, where the last three consecutive games of the first half between the Hanwha Eagles and the KIA Tigers continued. Ryu Hyun-jin was canceled from the first-team entry after finishing the first half of the game against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 5th. However, he is in training with the first team to prepare for the second half of the year. Ahead of the match against Kia on Friday, he received throws from infielders at the first base to lighten up the training atmosphere. It was not ordered by anyone in the 'murder heat' but it gave strength to juniors who are focusing on training in difficult weather.

Hanwha is happy these days, with the first place in the first half of the year in 33 years, but Ryu Hyun-jin, who finished training, expressed a slight discomfort to the reporters. 'I'll be a Hanwha director' was because of an unfamiliar article in a media outlet.




The situation is like this. A baseball columnist close to Ryu Hyun-jin recently revealed in his personal broadcast that he wanted to be a manager of Hanwha and what kind of manager he wanted to be when Ryu Hyun-jin retires. Ryu Hyun-jin said that he wants to become a manager who can communicate with players by opening the manager's office wide, unlike his previous managerial style, based on his Major League experience.

The team is doing well. Suddenly talking about the director? Stupid Ryu Hyun-jin, I'm still a player, six more years left on my contract.
Ryu Hyun-jin finished defensive training with Kim Tae-yeon.
However, a media outlet cut the front and back of the content and suddenly reported that Ryu Hyun-jin wanted to become Hanwha manager, but the fans' response was not good, and although there were six years left on the player's contract, it was misleading to say that Ryu Hyun-jin seemed to be greedy for Hanwha manager position right away. As individual bloggers are busy spreading this content again, suddenly the issue of 'Hanwha Manager Ryu Hyun-jin' has begun to ignite.

Ryu Hyun-jin responded by saying, `Why do you suddenly talk about ridiculous managers when the team is playing a really important time and an important schedule?'" and worried that he might not affect the good team atmosphere.




Ryu Hyun-jin said "That's what I said when I played for Toronto. When I retire after my career, I have this dream I was talking about it. I'm still a player. There are six more years left on the contract. We are not in a situation to talk about after retirement yet," he said, expressing bewilderment. Ryu Hyun-jin returned from his major league career and signed an eight-year contract worth 17 billion won with Hanwha ahead of last season. Now I'm in my second year of the season.

In addition, if this is misrepresented, it may lead to a misunderstanding that the coaches who are now leading each team are misleading the players. In a much changed trend of the times, the current KBO League managers are all eager to communicate with the players. Ryu Hyun-jin only talked about his ideal for the managerial position a long time ago.

In any case, Ryu Hyun-jin actively appealed his thoughts to block all misunderstandings. And contrary to his concerns, Hanwha firmly maintained its sole lead by defeating strong teams KIA in succession on the 8th and 9th.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.