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[Homerj24]

Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that the Dodgers have signed Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu to a six-year, $36 million contract.
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times have confirmed the deal. The Dodgers won the negotiating rights to Ryu with a $25.74 million posting fee and expect him to be part of their starting rotation next season. Ryu will join a crowded pitching staff that includes Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Josh Beckett, and Chad Billingsley as starters. According to Yahoo's Jeff Passan, the Dodgers payroll is now higher than the GDP of at least four countries.

[Ragnaroker]

Homerj24, on 09 December 2012 - 07:32 PM, said:

Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that the Dodgers have signed Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu to a six-year, $36 million contract.
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal and Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times have confirmed the deal. The Dodgers won the negotiating rights to Ryu with a $25.74 million posting fee and expect him to be part of their starting rotation next season. Ryu will join a crowded pitching staff that includes Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Josh Beckett, and Chad Billingsley as starters. According to Yahoo's Jeff Passan, the Dodgers payroll is now higher than the GDP of at least four countries.

Unrelated to Hyun-Jin but that part is insane.

[brockpapersizer]

How good do you think this guy will be?

[Homerj24]

Razzball's initial projects are 14-10/3.55/1.14/165, but Grey admits that it's a complete guess. He didn't give an innings total, but I would guess that it would be somewhere around 175-185 innings.

[Theoneupper]

In that Division i feel like every player is rosterable. Shoot, if Ted Lilly can be a stud for some time last year so can this guy. Pitching at Petco and in SF in super pitching parks will be nice. None of those lineups are crazy offensively either. I actually really like those Razzball projections.

Edited by Theoneupper, 11 December 2012 - 05:07 AM.

[WahooManiac]

Before we all pile on the speculation train, is there any real info on a rough equivalency from his previous league to the mlb? I remember hearing the cuban league is roughly AA ball, which admittedly didn't do any justice predicting cespedes, but is there a general rule of thumb to go by here? Just curious, as I know absolutely nothin bout this guy

[Thespis721]

I'd have to do more research on this guy to get something more valuable on him, but my initial impression is that he's definitely rosterable and draftable since he doesn't have the hype that players like Yu Darvish have (not that I expect Darvish expectation numbers) so he could end up to your late-mid to late rounds, and at that point, I'd snatch him up.

[brockpapersizer]

Theoneupper, on 11 December 2012 - 05:06 AM, said:

In that Division i feel like every player is rosterable. Shoot, if Ted Lilly can be a stud for some time last year so can this guy. Pitching at Petco and in SF in super pitching parks will be nice. None of those lineups are crazy offensively either. I actually really like those Razzball projections.

Ted Lilly was a lot better before he moved to the NL West.  Granted that has more to do with age and injury.... but you make it seem like Lilly was a garbage pitcher who became useful when he moved to the NL West, when it's pretty much the opposite.

[Theoneupper]

brockpapersizer, on 11 December 2012 - 10:39 AM, said:

Theoneupper, on 11 December 2012 - 05:06 AM, said:

In that Division i feel like every player is rosterable. Shoot, if Ted Lilly can be a stud for some time last year so can this guy. Pitching at Petco and in SF in super pitching parks will be nice. None of those lineups are crazy offensively either. I actually really like those Razzball projections.

Ted Lilly was a lot better before he moved to the NL West.  Granted that has more to do with age and injury.... but you make it seem like Lilly was a garbage pitcher who became useful when he moved to the NL West, when it's pretty much the opposite.

Hes an OK pitcher, but him and Capuano came out of nowhere because of that schedule and league. Especially after the season Lilly had the year before last, but he was injured for most of the season anyways so i guess it doesnt even matter.

Anyways, he'll be wildly overpriced in my league, but he could be a good pickup late in many leagues.

[brockpapersizer]

I get what you're saying and I agree, just thought you could have used a better example.  Dodgers should get quite a few more wins this year too. They only had Adrian for like 1/3 of the season and Kemp was largely hurt for the first half.

[damana]

I agree that this guy has some nice parks to pitch in in the NL West and should have some run support. However, you are basically paying for a complete unknown on draft day.  The Dodgers see something in him to give him all that money, but it seems like they are just handing out contracts these days. With the abundance of pitching in my league on draft day, I'm just not willing to spend more than a few bucks on this guy.  That being said, I think all of these facts will scare off other owners and if you get him for cheap, I think you will have a solid pitcher.

[Zumayaaaa]

He was a stud for Korea at the WBC. I was more impressed watching him pitch than DiceK or Darvish.

Edited by Zumayaaaa, 11 December 2012 - 09:21 PM.

[klove42]

Seems like no one is talking about this guy, and he might have some value this year. I have heard good things and as Zumaya has mentioned he has looked good in international competition. I might be tartgeting him heavily for this year, but I still dont really know much about him.

I mean, who wouldnt want to have this guy on their team

Edited by The Harsh, 11 February 2013 - 05:00 PM.
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[K11S]

A fat Yu Darvish? Count me in. No seriously though, I love his value this year and plan on having him on each of teams this year. I won't have that chance next year.

[myzto]

For his price on where I have him mocked in my league to, it's too much of a high reward to not take a leap of faith, especially with usuallly how well pitchesr from Asia usually do in their first year as hitters have not seen them yet.

[klove42]

Currently he isnt even ranked on the top 90 SP for ESPN. I think he could have some real nice value

[myzto]

Heard he reported to camp at 255

[klove42]

myzto, on 27 February 2013 - 06:18 PM, said:

Heard he reported to camp at 255

I will be drafting this fat slob on every team of mine

[And Won]

I got harassed for taking this guy in Round 17 of a 14-team deep keeper. I feel I am going to get a great to very great return on my investment.

Pitchers can be fat, fine by me.


Also, I am the type to take a risk on a player named after the master of the HADOKEN!

Edited by And Won, 27 February 2013 - 07:54 PM.

[natti]

BA believes that he will have the best season of all the rookies

http://www.baseballa...13/2614791.html