The root of my reluctance to draft Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu this spring is a fear of the unknown. All I know about baseball in Korea is it's not as advanced as baseball in Japan, and I've gotten burned by enough Japanese imports to know not to read too much into their pre-MLB numbers. But so far, Ryu has done nothing but impress, striking out a batter per inning with a respectable walk rate.
Before, I feared he had Wandy Rodriguez upside. Now, I'm hopeful he has C.J. Wilson upside. Granted, I'm not going to draft him alongside Wilson, but when Ryan Dempster and Wei-Yin Chen start going off the board, he's on my short list.