Jim Duquette @Jim_Duquette This could open up a deal with the Pirates for a closer like Hanrahan for the Dodgers excess starter. My response: @Jim_Duquette re: Han. Y'all are starting to get it. Revamped system. Barely touched farm. In fact better. It is hilarious. We have been seeing the long game for like 8 months. These morons are just starting to get it. We are buying up players and revamping without killing our abysmal farm. In the meantime, we grow the farm with QUALITY. We trade our excess for needs. In five years, we do not have to spend crazily, we have grown our own.
Mike Petriello @mike_petriello Source telling me Ryu's deal is six years, $42m. Good on Dodgers if true - Boras badly wanted a shorter deal.
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, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Terms of the deal, which comes only 20 hours after signing Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147MM contract, are not yet known. 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. 22 3 4 53 Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/12/dodgers-sign-hyun-jin-ryu.html#mBPfVrtTLTfYMtAI.99 The best part is the red. That would be 8
That is actually pretty damn good. We got him for 7 per. Not an amount that will kill us if he tanks. Who am I kidding? The 42mil all at once was what Mark had in the limo ashtray.
Another good move and what a difference a year makes and who would have thunk. We might soon have enough movable pieces to go after Chase Headly or someone of quality. would be nice to do a multi team and get Morris from the Nats
6 mil per year during his possible prime years is nice. Nicely done Ned. We have no idea how good/bad he is but I think it's safe to trust our scouts on the pitching side of things
OMG 6 years 36 is fucking AWESOME! I swear I fill dirty for wanting Cuban and Steven Cohen over Guggenheim. I am eating crow with a huge smile on my face and a huge(depending on perspective) boner in my pants. lol
Petriello had it right. With incentives for IP, it comes out to 42. I am good with the opt out again. Will pitch his ass off for his next contract, Boras will ensure that happens.
62-68 mil in total (including posting fee) to control him for 6 years is a swell deal considering what other free agents are going for. Again, we don't know what he is but if he can perform as a #3/#4, then 10-11 mil per for that isn't bad.
Want ironic? Guess who needs another starter? The Angels. Imagine Harang or Cappy going there for prospects. LMAO.
Dodgers Sign Hyun-Jin Ryu By Edward Creech [December 9 at 4:08pm CST] The Dodgers have signed Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu for $36MM over six years, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter links). The deal also includes innings-based performance bonuses worth $1M per year, which could raise the total of the contract to $42MM, according to Heyman (Twitter links). Heyman adds (via Twitter) that Ryu can opt out after the fifth year of the deal. The opt out is triggered if Ryu throws 175 innings during the first five years, writes 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 Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. 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.
