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Crasnick's Latest: Kuroda, Marquis, Morris

ESPN's Jerry Crasnick has an in-depth look at the pitching market.  I'll highlight a few new tidbits.

• Hiroki Kuroda might require four years, as some teams are viewing him as the best available free agent starter.
• Scott Boras might wait out the market a bit and then push for five years for Kyle Lohse.  That's right, five years for Kyle Lohse.
• Matt Clement to the Reds is a possibility I hadn't considered.  Clement did pitch for Dusty Baker with the Cubs.
• Crasnick reports there would be huge interest in Mark Prior if the Cubs non-tender him.  As in, pretty much every team in baseball.  Crasnick's source indicates that Prior and the Cubs don't have the best relationship.
• Crasnick spoke to Doug Melvin and confirmed that Claudio Vargas and Chris Capuano will not be non-tendered.  But they could definitely be traded.
• The Cubs are listening to offers for Jason Marquis, who is owed $16.25MM over 2008-09.  So maybe they are still in on Kuroda.
• New Pirates GM Neal Huntington is shopping Dave Littlefield's mistake, Matt Morris.  Morris makes $9.5MM in '08 and would be owed a $1MM buyout in '09.

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