Jays sign SP Hyun-Jin Ryu: 4 years, $80M

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Also, apparently he already went to the Owl of MInerva the first night he was here (25th?) to have his favorite Korean dish, Gamjatang (Pork bone potato soup which is what Owl is known for). If it really is his favorite food, then he's at the right North American city as even though LA has more Koreans, its not really a popular dish there because its always hot there and pork bone soup is best on cold nights.

Damn. I don't regret leaving Toronto 7 years ago at all...except now.

[Garrett]

The fact that Roark is getting $12m per season, Ryu's $20m per year is a bargain.

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[Scott Hall]

Missed the press conference did Shatkins say if their done making moves or if their looking at a specific
area to improve?

[bturn2210]

Missed the press conference did Shatkins say if their done making moves or if their looking at a specific
area to improve?

they weren't asked questions about this which was disappointing. Atkins did mention something along the lines of it being hard to upgrade the rotation at this point, though.

[SharoneWright]

This is your team.

[polo007]

Toronto Blue Jays Introduce Hyun-Jin Ryu | FULL Press Conference

Starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu spoke to the media as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays for the first time and tried on the jersey.

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The fact that Roark is getting $12m per season, Ryu's $20m per year is a bargain.

It's only a bargain if he pitches ~150+ IP, which is a big question mark. Roark has been an iron man by comparison the last 4 years.

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LOL It helps that its actually warmer in Toronto than it is in Seoul, Korea..though the time they will spent in Toronto will mostly be in the warm summer. Great idea as gift as he's obviously gonna wear it a lot back home.

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[The_Hater]

The fact that Roark is getting $12m per season, Ryu's $20m per year is a bargain.

It's only a bargain if he pitches ~150+ IP, which is a big question mark. Roark has been an iron man by comparison the last 4 years.

Yup. And Roark is also signed for 2 years as opposed to 4.

There is minimal risk in the Roark contract compared to the Ryu deal.

[Garrett]

The fact that Roark is getting $12m per season, Ryu's $20m per year is a bargain.

It's only a bargain if he pitches ~150+ IP, which is a big question mark. Roark has been an iron man by comparison the last 4 years.

False. He can pitch a lot less than 150 IP per season for this to be a deal. You're forgetting that Ryu is miles better than Roark.

[The_Hater]

The fact that Roark is getting $12m per season, Ryu's $20m per year is a bargain.

It's only a bargain if he pitches ~150+ IP, which is a big question mark. Roark has been an iron man by comparison the last 4 years.

False. He can pitch a lot less than 150 IP per season for this to be a deal. You're forgetting that Ryu is miles better than Roark.

Do you honestly think that he forgot that?

Roark has had 30+ starts 5/6 seasons and went back and forth between the rotation and the pen the 6th season. Meanwhile Ryu only pitched 4 innings over 2 full seasons at one point during that span. He is and will always be an injury risk.

So no, calling Roark a relative Ironman is definitely not false because he is.

[polo007]

Scott Boras on Hyun-jin Ryu's decision to be a Blue Jay

The super agent comments on why he & Hyun-jin Ryu felt the Blue Jays were a good fit, Toronto's collection of impressive young talent, if there was concerns about Ryu jumping from the NL to the AL, and why the amount of signings this offseason happened quicker than last year.

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Ryu starting to train already.