Hyun Jin Ryu was once considered one of the best pitchers on the Dodgers. Now, he is a forgotten man who is fighting to find a role on the 25 man roster. Signed out of Korea in 2013 Ryu is now entering the last year of his 6 year $36 million deal. Ryu came to the United States with some pretty high expectations looking to follow in the footsteps of other Dodger Asian pitchers who had great success like Hideo Nomo, Chan Ho Park and Hiroki Kuroda.
Ryu got off to a fast start in his Dodger career as he experienced instant success and quickly established himself as a very good major league starter.