There are plenty of reasons a run at signing Hyun-Jin Ryu makes sense for the San Francisco Giants.
In 2019, Ryu enjoyed the best season of his career, going 14-5 with a 2.32 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 163 strikeouts in 182.2 innings over 29 starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
That was good enough to finish second to New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom in NL Cy Young voting, and that no doubt gave his free-agent stock a shot in the arm.
While Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg represent the top-tier of the starting pitching market, Ryu could be a solid consolation prize to the teams that miss out on signing one of those big fish this winter.