LOS ANGELES >> On the one hand, Hyun-Jin Ryu came out of his minor league injury-rehabilitation start for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga earlier this weekend feeling fine.
Ryu threw four scoreless innings Friday night, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts reported a day later that the left-hander felt good.
An eyebrow-raising moment, though, arrived when Roberts also revealed that Ryu’s fastball sat 86 mph and fell anywhere from 82-89 mph.
“You want to get the average up a little bit higher,” Roberts said. “I know that it is rehab, but I expect the velocity to go up.”
He is recovering from a torn labrum that required surgery and cost him the 2015 season, and though it was his fifth rehab start this season, it was his second since his build-up was halted last month because of soreness.