By Jon Weisman
Hyun-Jin Ryu’s inability to throw without discomfort today has sent him to Los Angeles to be examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache and put Ryu out of the Dodgers’ opening-week plans.
Eric Stephen of True Blue L.A.:
Earlier Sunday, Ryu was optimistic to continue his throwing program, telling manager Don Mattingly he felt 100 percent after the injection. But after the shortened workout, Mattingly saw a different Ryu in the trainers room.
“I saw the look on his face, and it wasn’t typical Hyun-jin,” Mattingly said.
Ken Gurnick of MLB.com:
Mattingly said starting pitchers sent down earlier — specifically Zach Lee, Carlos Frias, Mike Bolsinger and Joe Wieland — are more likely options to replace Ryu as they have had their pitch counts stretched out in Minor League games. Those four also are already on the 40-man roster.
Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles:
“We’ve been looking for starting pitching depth all offseason and that’s kind of continued into camp,” Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi said. “This is just a hard time to go out there and acquire starting pitching depth. We’re fielding calls from teams that are asking us about our starting pitching depth, so there aren’t a lot of starting pitching sellers right now.”
Bill Plunkett of the Register:
“We really like what we’ve seen from (Joe) Wieland this spring. He was really good in San Antonio the other day,” Zaidi said Sunday. “(Carlos) Frias and (Mike) Bolsinger are guys that all along we felt comfortable with.
“You also want to create a situation where the guys you have internally who have been told they have a chance to compete – you want to give them the opportunity first if it arises.”
Bill Shaikin of the Times:
Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, said the team would consider acquiring “more depth (in) starting pitching, but that is no different than we have tried to get all off-season.”
oldbrooklynfan
It’s all good to have all that dept, but I hope Ryu gets back shortly.