Ryu will slot in fifth in the Dodgers' rotation once Opening Day hits, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
This news shouldn't come as a big surprise after the club sent Walker Buehler -- the Dodgers' top pitching prospect and biggest risk to Ryu's rotation spot -- to the minors earlier this week. The 30-year-old bounced back from a shoulder injury in 2017, posting a usable 3.77 ERA with an 8.2 K/9 across 126.2 innings. Ryu's propensity to serve up homers (1.6 HR/9) is what held him back from the strong results we saw in his first two seasons in the majors. He is a perfectly fine option in deeper formats and could also help in more shallow formats as an endgame arm.