For those who follow Major League Baseball, some of you might have heard the news that the Toronto Blue Jays have signed left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu to a four-year, $80 million contract. This contract is one of the biggest ever inked by the organization.
Back in March 2019, there was an article on bleacherreport.com ranking the top starting pitchers. However, Hyun-Jin Ryu was not mentioned in this article amongst the top 25 pitchers heading into the 2019 season.
- Patrick Corbin
- Zack Greinke
- Chris Sale
- Kyle Hendricks
- Trevor Bauer
- Carlos Carrasco
- Mike Clevinger
- Corey Kluber
- Kyle Freeland
- German Marquez
- Gerrit Cole
- Justin Verlander
- Walker Buehler
- Clayton Kershaw
- Jose Berrios
- Jacob deGrom
- Noah Syndergaard
- Zack Wheeler
- Luis Severino
- Aaron Nola
- Jameson Taillon
- Madison Bumgarner
- Miles Mikolas
- Blake Snell
- Max Scherzer
So... I wanted to visualize the outcome of 2019 season and see if the data could possibly tell us a different story. This blog post is by-no-means an attempt to prove a point or to defend the quality of Hyun-Jin Ryu's contract.
Hyun-Jin Ryu's 2019 season data was added to a graphical chart along with the other top 25 pitchers mentioned from the bleacherreport.com article.
