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Hyun-jin Ryu to start Thursday for Dodgers

The Dodgers will get another veteran starting pitcher back after a long layoff this week, with Hyun-jin Ryu set to start on Thursday against the Padres, manager Dave Roberts told reporters on Monday.

Hyun Jin Ryu indicates he will pitch Thursday for #Dodgers "I'm sure they will announce it" he said in Korean and smiled

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) July 4, 2016

Roberts calls suddenly having too many starting pitchers a "high-class problem."

— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) July 4, 2016

Ryu missed all of 2015 after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, and last pitched in a major league game in Game 3 of the 2014 NLDS.