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the offseason. With the back end of the rotation unsettled, there were cries to add Roy Oswalt or Edwin Jackson or Hiroki Kuroda via free agency. The team could have been compelled to make a deal for Gio Gonzalez of the A’s. The Red Sox resisted
Mut in Lou discuss Bard's relief outing last night, and if he should remain a starter or be moved to the bullpen.
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to put a price on.” That reality prompted the Yankees to trade for a young starter in Michael Pineda and to sign Hiroki Kuroda this offseason, even at a time when they have highly regarded prospects Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances nearing
New York signed free agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda . Now it is Wednesday and the Red Sox ..... opportunity to make serious runs at Kuroda and Roy Oswalt seemingly went out the window ..... looked OK," Valentine said. " Kuroda is a good pitcher. A year older
attractive remaining free-agent options (particularly those who are inclined to take short-term deals such as Hiroki Kuroda and Roy Oswalt, both of whom are looking for one-year deals), players with lower profiles who would be perceived
things may be different." Translation: There will likely be no C.J. Wilson, Mark Buerhle, Roy Oswalt or even Hiroki Kuroda . Jonathan Papelbon , Heath Bell, Matt Capps and Joe Nathan are all no longer options, and, in the Red Sox' eyes
constraints. An industry source told WEEI.com over the weekend that the Sox have interest in free-agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda this winter, but that the interest is conditional on the Sox being able to move around other funds. The same is likely
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likes of Michael Pineda via trade and Hiroki Kuroda via free agency, which heavily upgraded ..... stuff," Pedroia said of Pineda and Kuroda . "We faced both of them last year ..... he's not giving up many hits. " Kuroda knows how to pitch, he's got great
deal figures to be lower that the $10 million given to Hiroki Kuroda by the Yankees, the Red Sox are taking the same stance with Oswalt as they did with Kuroda — in order to sign the pitcher at his current asking
Michael Pineda and free agent righty Hiroki Kuroda . The 22-year-old Pineda was ..... Yankees also agreed to terms with Kuroda , the 36-year-old right-hander ..... The Red Sox were interested in Kuroda , but because of organizational budgetary
volume, the Sox continue to pursue more options, including both the top available starters on the market (such as Hiroki Kuroda and Roy Oswalt ) as well as other pitchers such as Padilla who are returning from injury. If the Sox brought Padilla to
with free-agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda is inaccurate, with another source ..... term deal with right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to add him to a rotation that already ..... back among the AL’s elite. Kuroda is extremely underrated for the
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Ken Rosenthal joins Mut and Lou after reporting that Bobby Valentine viewed Youkilis as a liability in Spring Training and wanted to cut ties with the Sox third baseman.
We talk to Red Sox broadcaster Dave O'Brien to get a preview of Sox-Phillies this weekend, a state of the team report, and ask why Bobby Valentine seems to contradict himself to many different reporters all the time.
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