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Overseas Imports: Ryu and Fujikawa Headline 2013 Arrivals

Patrick Newman

Patrick Newman

Patrick Newman writes about fantasy sports for RotoWire.

While this year's crop of Asian imports lacks the presence of a Yu Darvish-caliber superstar, there is no shortage of interesting storylines. Hyun-Jin Ryu became the first Korean star to jump straight from the Korean Baseball Organization to Major League Baseball; Kyuji Fujikawa, who has long appeared on RotoWire's foreign player rankings, finally got his shot to test the MLB free agency waters; and Japanese high school phenom Shohei Otani made headlines by attempting to bypass professional baseball in Japan and head to MLB.

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