Hyun-Jin Ryu Signs With the Dodgers for $36M/6 Years

Dodgers Sign Hyun-Jin Ryu
By Edward Creech [December 9, 2012 at 4:08pm CST]
The Dodgers have signed Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu for $36MM over six years with an opt out after the fifth year, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter links). The opt out also includes an innings threshold, tweets Yahoo! Sports' Tim Brown. The deal was struck just prior the 4pm CT deadline and only 20 hours after signing Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147MM contract.

The Dodgers expect Ryu to be part of their starting rotation next season, reports the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez. Ryu joins Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Josh Beckett, Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly, Chris Capuano, and Aaron Harang as starters already under contract. With this surplus, Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com tweets Capuano or Harang could be dealt in the coming days or weeks.

Ryu, represented by Scott Boras, was posted by the Hanwha Eagles last month and the Dodgers won his negotiating rights with a bid worth a bit more than $25.7MM. The 25-year-old has been one of the Korea Baseball Organization's most dominant pitchers over the last several years, helping Korea win Olympic gold in 2008 and finish second in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Ryu went 9-9 with a 2.66 ERA last season for last place Hanwha with 210 strikeouts in 182 2/3 innings. He has a 2.80 ERA over his seven-year career in Korea.

This marks the Dodgers’ second significant move in the international market since they were purchased by Guggenheim Baseball Management. In June, the Dodgers signed 21-year-old Cuban defector Yasiel Puig to a seven-year, $42-million contract.


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They uh....going with an 8-man rotation?

So who gets traded on the next few weeks? Capuano, Harang?

Cap, Harang, and Lilly will all be traded. There's no way they can keep all 3 of them. Sell them off for what you can. Find the most desperate teams for SP (besides the Orioles please).

The train wreck next year is going to be fun to watch.

Do the owners have enough money to pay off the national debt?
They are spending like drunken sailors on shore leave.

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.

jbmm161 said:

Do the owners have enough money to pay off the national debt?
They are spending like drunken sailors on shore leave.

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I wouldn't mind the Red Sox trading for Capuano assuming they don't give up too much....he pitched great last year.