Monday, December 12, 2011

ESPN's Jim Bowden Predicts Kuroda to Yankees

In his column "10 moves that might happen", Bowden doesn't have much mention of the Dodgers, besides what we would lose (link insider only):

4. Hiroki Kuroda signs with the New York Yankees for one year, $13 million

One of the most underrated pitchers in the free-agent market, Kuroda would fit in nicely with the New York Yankees. He and a healthy Phil Hughes would offer depth to the Yankees' rotation behind CC Sabathia. The Los Angeles Dodgers inexplicably used the money to sign Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano. The Boston Red Sox also are still a possibility.

So we not only will lose Hiro, but also get lambasted for the signings of Harang and Capuano! Yay Ned Colletti!

3 comments:

Hideo Nomo said...

The Los Angeles Dodgers inexplicably used the money to sign Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano.

That's fairly misleading. The $6 mil combined that Harang and Capuano are getting in 2012 would not have been enough to sign Kuroda.

It's the massively backloaded 2-year deals that are inexplicable.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I doubt the Dodgers could have gotten away with another $8 million now, $4 later, so Kuroda would not have fit into their back-loaded dealing plans.

If such plans exist in the first place.

Dusty Baker said...

I predict Jim Bowden will irritate me at least three times when I listen to his show today.