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Jae Kuk Ryu

Indians Claim Jae Kuk Ryu

By Tim Dierkes | March 26, 2009 at 2:52pm CDT

According to MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince, the Indians claimed righty Jae Kuk Ryu off waivers from the Padres today.  Ryu had arthroscopic elbow surgery in July.  No offense to Ryu, but it's not a good sign when the pitching-starved Padres don't have room for you.

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Padres Claim Jae Kuk Ryu Off Waivers

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | January 15, 2009 at 8:36pm CDT

The Padres claimed 25-year-old righty Jae Kuk Ryu off waivers from the Rays; here’s the MLB.com story.

On his personal blog, Padres executive Paul DePodesta writes that he likes the pickup because Ryu’s got good enough stuff to compete for a job in the Padres’ rotation or in their bullpen.

DePodesta writes that there’s "more activity forthcoming." Ken Rosenthal heard the Padres are likely to pass on Omar Vizquel.

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Devil Rays Acquire Jae-Kuk Ryu

By Tim Dierkes | February 13, 2007 at 2:12pm CDT

The Devil Rays acquired 23 year-old righty Korean pitching prospect Jae-Kuk Ryu today for a couple of minor leaguers. 

Ryu was pretty solid at Triple A last year, but the Cubs had to make some room on the roster for new acquisitions.  The projection reflects the NL Central, but PECOTA had him posting a 4.71 ERA in 121 innings in 2007.  Ryu’s top comparable is pre-surgery Wade Miller, not a bad thing.

The interesting angle to this acquisition, though, is that the D-Rays have added to their stable of villains.  Ryu is best known for intentionally throwing a baseball at Ozzy the Osprey back in 2003.  The bird, team mascot of the Daytona Cubs, died several days after Ryu nailed it.  And this wasn’t a Randy Johnson/Dave Winfield type deal – Ryu tried repeatedly to intentionally peg this thing (click on Johnson’s name to watch his incident).  One source even indicates that Ryu was trying to hit the osprey all year long.  Ryu sparked quite a bit of outrage.  You can click here to read Jeff Merron’s definitive work on athletes abusing animals, including Kevin Mitchell beheading a cat.

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Devil Rays Acquire Jae-Kuk Ryu

By Tim Dierkes | February 13, 2007 at 2:12pm CDT

The Devil Rays acquired 23 year-old righty Korean pitching prospect Jae-Kuk Ryu today for a couple of minor leaguers. 

Ryu was pretty solid at Triple A last year, but the Cubs had to make some room on the roster for new acquisitions.  The projection reflects the NL Central, but PECOTA had him posting a 4.71 ERA in 121 innings in 2007.  Ryu’s top comparable is pre-surgery Wade Miller, not a bad thing.

The interesting angle to this acquisition, though, is that the D-Rays have added to their stable of villains.  Ryu is best known for intentionally throwing a baseball at Ozzy the Osprey back in 2003.  The bird, team mascot of the Daytona Cubs, died several days after Ryu nailed it.  And this wasn’t a Randy Johnson/Dave Winfield type deal – Ryu tried repeatedly to intentionally peg this thing (click on Johnson’s name to watch his incident).  One source even indicates that Ryu was trying to hit the osprey all year long.  Ryu sparked quite a bit of outrage.  You can click here to read Jeff Merron’s definitive work on athletes abusing animals, including Kevin Mitchell beheading a cat.

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