What Happened In 2017: One of the best comeback stories of the year after missing nearly two years due to shoulder and elbow surgeries.
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Shoulder surgery is no joke, and it was a miracle that Hyun-Jin Ryu was able to come back to make 24 starts and pitch 126 2/3 innings in 2017 after missing almost two seasons recovering from left shoulder labrum surgery and an arthroscopic procedure on his left elbow. Ryu also pitched one inning in relief, a scoreless four-inning appearance on May 25 against the Cardinals. He earned a save, the first of his career, for the relief duty.