PHOENIX — Hyun-jin Ryu didn’t have the sharpest outing in the Dodgers’ 5-2 loss to the White Sox on Saturday at Camelback Ranch, but he’s well ahead of last year’s pace and is someone the Dodgers are counting on for a rebound year in 2018.
Ryu allowed five runs on seven hits in three innings of work against Chicago, an outing in which he wasn’t helped much by his defense nor, in the Dodgers’ opinion, by home plate umpire John Libka. Manager Dave Roberts even visited the mound in the second inning just to calm Ryu down.