Doubts over Hyun-Jin Ryu dissipating

Maybe I'm just getting suckered by the small sample, but considering it's the only sample we have any context for, I'm buying into everything the Dodgers' Hyun-Jin Ryu is doing.

It's all about the strikeout-to-walk ratio. The closest comparison we have to the Korean league is probably the Japanese league, and pitchers who transition from there often struggle with command. But Ryu has been a strike-throwing machine, issuing just 2.4 walks per nine innings. And with all the strikeouts he's getting, his early success hardly seems like beginner's luck.

Of course, track record still counts for something, so I'm not slotting Ryu alongside Max Scherzer yet, but I have moved him up to 44th at starting pitcher, ahead of Marco Estrada, A.J. Burnett and Wade Miley.