The good news is that Hyun-Jin Ryu is believed to want to remain on the West Coast, and he may even be willing to offer a bit of a returning discount to do so. The bad news is, even with the slight discount, the lefty’s contract value is seemingly increasing by the day.
After the biggest starting pitching targets were removed from the board at the Winter Meetings, the remaining free agent choices continue to drop like flies. While Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Zack Wheeler made their respective decisions early, players like Madison Bumgarner, Tanner Roark, Wade Miley and even Brett Anderson have subsequently followed suit.