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Cubs, Mariners Interested In Hiroki Kuroda
The Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan had some information regarding Japanese starter Hiroki Kuroda in his column yesterday. Apparently the Cubs and Mariners are leading the pack for his services, should he choose to opt out of his contract. According to Sullivan, Kuroda signed a four-year, $10.4MM deal with the Hiroshima Carps last winter. He would have no problems getting three years, $12MM over here.
Kuroda, a 32 year-old righty, won the Central League ERA title in '06 with a 1.85 mark. That ballooned to 3.56 this year as the command master saw his home run and hit rates rise. Kuroda could be very successful in the NL Central. If my guess on his price tag is correct, he could be one of few free agent bargains this winter.
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Seems like a solid bottom of rotation guy, I would think teams like Mariners or Braves would be interested. How does he compare to Kei Igawa? I recall Igawa was supposed to be a decent control guy but he didn't seem like he had any control in the majors.
Posted by: zs190 | October 15, 2007 at 09:35 AM
Expect the Red Sox to make a high bid. With Schilling Performances getting to be much more shaky then normal, expect him to be replaced. This guy will be either going to Boston or New York, I dont care whos "interested"
Posted by: 04Forever | October 15, 2007 at 09:38 AM
I totally understand that the NL Central is not the best division in baseball.
But does every rumor associated with a pitcher coming to the Central have to be prefixed with "he would be very successful in the NL Central"?
Posted by: registereduser | October 15, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Yankees are a lot more likely to give Kei Igawa another try I think than sign this guy. They have a lot of money invested in him(I think 9 million a year counting posting fee).
Schilling still has better stuff and probably better control than this guy, though money is obviously a concern, they might let him walk if he wants a big contract again. That said, Buchholz will be in rotation next year and I think they'll give Jon Lester a rotation spot next year as well if Schilling walks. Beckett/Dice-K/Buchholz/Wakefield/Lester, they're probably fine even without Schilling.
Not
Posted by: zs190 | October 15, 2007 at 09:56 AM
Stupid Enter key, I meant to say not every japanese player goes to NY/Boston
Posted by: zs190 | October 15, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Registereduser: Yes. Yes it does.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | October 15, 2007 at 10:01 AM
Hey Tim; Here's that link to the Mock Offseason: www.blabberinbraves.proboards52.com
Cubs, and many other teams are still vacant.
Posted by: Chipper | October 15, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Sorry Tim, I had to give up the Cubs. If you sign up though, you could co-GM with the Cubs. If we get enough people, I'll expand this to be a GM,and an assistant GM, so it seems more real.
Posted by: Chipper | October 15, 2007 at 12:38 PM
I would expect the BoSoxs to make a $100 million dollar bid on him, then of course complain about Yankee spending
Posted by: MZink | October 15, 2007 at 10:51 PM