Dodgers win posting for Ryu Hyun-jin Bid $25,737,737.33

[grandsalami]

Dan ‏@MyKBO
OSEN is reporting that a still unknown MLB team bid $25,737,737.33 for Ryu Hyun-jin and the Hanwha Eagles have accepted.

Updated per post 152
http://forums.prosportsdaily.com/sho...&postcount=152

Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
MLB confirms that #Dodgers have won rights to Korean LHP Ryu. Now have 30 days to sign him.

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/st...95792950284288

[MetsFanatic19]

The Mets!

[MetsFanatic19]

In all seriousness, I think it's either the Yanks, Cubs, Red Sox, or Dodgers.

[DaSox_05]

I think its the Cubs

[MetsFanatic19]

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...-ryu-hyun-jin/

UPDATE: Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Cubs were among the teams who submitted a bid. The Hanwha Eagles have four business days to decide whether they are going to accept the highest bid.

7:42 PM: We learned early last week that the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization were planning to post left-hander Ryu Hyun-Jin for MLB teams. We may soon find out who had the winning bid.

According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, bids for Hyun-Jin were due by 5 p.m. ET today. While Grant doesn’t have confirmation, he believes the Rangers may have made a bid.

The Eagles have the right to accept or decline the bid, as Hyun-Jin can’t leave Korea as an outright free agent until 2014. If they accept, Hyun-Jin will have the opportunity to negotiate a contract with the winning team. He has already hired Scott Boras to represent him, which puts an interesting wrinkle in the proceedings. Assuming a contract is eventually worked out, the Eagles will then receive the posting fee.

Hyun-Jin, 25, has been one of the best starters in KBO since winning the Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season as a teenager. He’s not a hard-thrower, mostly sitting in the high-80s to low-90s (pitch data courtesy of MyKBO.net), but his changeup is considered a quality pitch.

A duo of Ryu and Yu would be pretty cool for Texas.

[natepro]

I guess the Angels will have to settle for Ken.

[Havoc Wreaker]

I guess the Angels will have to settle for Ken.

Excellent

Can't believe it went over everyones head

[LASportsFan1996]

Intresting

[lolPhillies]

Giants.

[popo85]

It was the Padres!!

[LASportsFan1996]

Not the Cubs

[grandsalami]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS
#cubs said to have bid aggressively on Ryu but they did not win the bid at $25.7M

[idrinkpepsi]

Wonder who it is.

[MetsFanatic19]

The Ranger's international fanbase would be HUGE if they won the bid.

[netsgiantsyanks]

not the yankees.