LOS ANGELES >> It’s homecoming week at Dodger Stadium.
Four days after right-hander Brandon McCarthy made his return from Tommy John surgery, left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will make his first major-league start since the 2014 season. The Dodgers will activate Ryu from the DL to start Thursday against the San Diego Padres.
“So far what I have accomplished as far as rehab goals, gaining all my pitches in quite a few outings, I think I’m pretty much ready to go,” Ryu said through his interpreter Monday afternoon.
It has been a long road back.
Ryu’s last start against major-league competition came in Game 3 of the Dodgers’ National League Division Series against the St.