mani Grandal and Hyun-Jin Ryu. The pair have 10 days to accept the offer or become free agents."The Dodgers on Friday made qualifying offers of $17.9 million to both Yasmani Grandal and Hyun-Jin Ryu. The pair now have 10 days to accept or reject the terms http://www.marinersfanproshop.com/authentic-edgar-martinez-jersey , either returning to the team or becoming free agents.Accepting the deal would mean playing for the Dodgers on a one-year contract, rejecting it would give the Dodgers a compensatory pick in the 2019 MLB Draft between the second and third rounds.The pick would be after the first round if the Dodgers were a revenue sharing team. But since they’re not, the pick is sandwiched between the second and third.Ryu is the more interesting of the two in terms of likelihood of acceptance. The lefty had an excellent year surrounding a three-month trip to the disabled list due to a groin injury. Ryu was 7-3 with a 1.97 ERA, striking out 89 in 82 1鈦? innings while walking only 15.The key for Ryu is that a team might take a chance on the fact that the 31-year-old had major shoulder surgery, missing all of 2015 and most of 2016. It’s not much of a risk for the Dodgers who have the money to spend and won’t be drastically impacted if Ryu should choose to reject.Grandal on the other hand, is certain to reject the offer and will become a free agent for the first time in his career. Sure, the offer is $10 million more than he made in 2018. But Grandal would be a big upgrade to a number of teams on the open market.The switch-hitting backstop hit .241/.349/.466 with 49 extra-base hits, including 24 homers during the regular season. Despite his shoddy glove work during the postseason and 64 passed balls over his seven-year career Felix Hernandez Jersey , Grandal has been one of the top five framers behind the plate since joining the Dodgers.Grandal could still come back to the Dodgers if he rejects the qualifying offer, but it’s not likely. Los Angeles has a bevy of catching prospects in the minor leagues, with Will Smith (23) and Keibert Ruiz (20) on the verge of being able to contribute.The best-case scenario for the Dodgers would be Grandal accepting the offer and serving as a one-year stopgap to the talent behind him. Don’t count on that happening though. BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates admittedly took a leap of faith when they re-signed Jung Ho Kang to a $3 million, one-year contract in November as a free agent.Kang missed the entire 2017 season because he was unable to obtain a work visa to travel to the United States following a third arrest for DUI in his native South Korea.Finally cleared to come to the U.S. last April, Kang sustained a wrist injury that required surgery while playing for Triple-A Indianapolis. He did return to the major leagues for the Pirates’ season-ending three-game series at Cincinnati.So far during spring training, Kang has not looked like he was away from the major leagues for so long. He has hit three home runs and played good defense while looking to win the starting third baseman’s job from incumbent Colin Moran.“It was uncharted territory coming in (to spring training) but he’s getting in his work and he’s knocking down different markers along the way,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “You have to like what you’ve have seen so far but it’s also still spring training. There’s a long way to go.”In 2015 Hisashi Iwakuma Jersey , Kang became the first native position player to make the jump from the Korea Baseball Organization to the major leagues when he signed an $11 million, four-year contract. He then hit a combined 36 home runs in his first two seasons before the DUI arrest derailed his career.The Pirates brought Kang back under the conditions that he give up drinking and also have a driver at all times.“There is no third chance,” general manager Neal Huntington said. “Jung Ho understands that.”The 31-year-old also has slimmed down considerably and is moving better than he has at any time since undergoing reconstructive knee late in the 2015 season when he finished third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting.Kang has also been putting extra time in the batting cages to recapture his swing, which included hitting 139 home runs in nine Korean seasons. He has impressed first-year hitting coach Rick Eckstein.“There is a high ceiling there, especially for someone who has missed a lot of game action for two years,” Eckstein said. “You can see why he was a good hitter at the major league level. The ball is jumping off his bat.”Though Kang his improved his English skills over the years, he uses an interpreter to help with interviews. However, Kang didn’t need a translator when asked if baseball is as easy as he has made it look after such a long layoff.“No Ken Griffey Jersey , baseball is hard,” Kang said. “Very hard. That never changes.”NOTES: C Elias Diaz, who has been away from the team for two weeks because of a virus, is scheduled to be examined by team doctors Thursday. The Pirates have not elaborated on the nature of his illness. … RF Gregory Polanco is now throwing from 120 feet in his rehab from shoulder surgery and is expected to begin taking part in limited defensive drills next week.