‘Ryu Hyun-jin’s best friend’ Toronto catcher Jansen traded to Boston
Toronto Blue Jays starting catcher Danny Jansen (29), who is familiar to domestic baseball fans as Ryu Hyun-jin’s (Hanwha Eagles) best friend, has transferred to the Boston Red Sox.
On the 28th (Korean time), the Toronto club of the Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it had conducted a 1-3 trade to send Jansen to Boston and acquire infielder Cutter Coffey, infielder Edinson Paulino, and right-handed pitcher Hilbert Bautista.
Jansen is a franchise star who joined Toronto in 2013 and has played for only one team.
From 2020 to last year, when Ryu Hyun-jin was playing in Toronto, he also served as Ryu Hyun-jin’s dedicated catcher.
Toronto, which has had poor performance despite investing a huge amount of money in recruiting players in recent years, is making major changes to its roster.
On this day, Toronto traded fastball pitcher Nate Pearson, who was the top prospect, to the Chicago Cubs and acquired two minor league pitchers.
Pearson, who throws a fastball at a speed of 160 km/h, was a promising prospect, but he did not succeed in Toronto due to frequent injuries and poor ball control.
Toronto is in last place in the American League East Division with 48 wins, 56 losses, and a winning percentage of 0.462 this season.
/Yonhap News
