When fans of the Dodgers learned that Hyun-Jin Ryu‘s early exit from Monday’s opener against the Cardinals was due to a groin injury, many of them flashed back to last spring when the lefty missed more than three months of the season.
Obviously, it’s still unknown the severity of the injury. Ryu himself said after the game that it’s nowhere near as bad as last season, but until test results come in, there’s still plenty of concern.
“It was different from the pain I felt last year,” Ryu told Bill Plunkett of the OC Register.