Hyun-Jin Ryu said this week that he's "significantly lighter" than he was at the beginning of spring training a season ago. He wouldn't put a number on the total amount of weight that he lost, but Dodgers president Stan Kasten echoed a similar sentiment a few weeks ago, noting that the hefty southpaw was in "noticeably better shape than he was last year." The 26-year-old burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2013, posting a 3.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 154/49 K/BB ratio over 192 innings. Now in better shape, he could be even better in his encore performance.