Kuroda agrees to three-year contract

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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Published 12/15/2007 by Jeff <jbingham@gmail.com> at Lookout Landing: Front Page Posts
Says Tony Jackson: Kuroda agrees to three-year contract (Ed. note: with Dodgers) The deal is pending results of a physical examination, which Kuroda took this morning at Centinela Hospital, but it's done and believed to be worth between $36 ...

Kuroda agrees to three-year contract
Published 12/15/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Kuroda agrees to three-year contract The deal is pending results of a physical examination, which Kuroda took this morning at Centinela Hospital, but it’s done and believed to be worth between $36 million to $40 millon Take that Diamondbacks!… ...

Luis Vizcaino Off the Market
Published 12/15/2007 by joe at Mets Today
... In addition, the Dodgers have reached an agreement with Hideki Kuroda. I don’t think the Mets were ever seriously interested in the Japanese hurler, but that’s one less arm available. ...

Dodger Thoughts: Dodgers Sign Kuroda
Published 12/15/2007 at Baseball Toaster
Tony Jackson of the Daily News was the first to say it was a done deal, reporting the contract at $36 million to $40 million for three years, and now the Dodgers have announced that Hiroki Kuroda will be introduced as a Dodger at a 12 noon press conference Sunday. Esteban Loaiza and Jason Schmidt are now competing to be the team's No. 5 starter. (No, Chad Billingsley cannot go back to the bullpen. He's proven too much that he belongs in the rotation.) Dylan Hernandez of the ...

Dodgers Sign Hiroki Kuroda, 3 Years/$35-36M
Published 12/16/2007 by Rob at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
The Dodgers have signed starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to a three year deal worth an estimated $35M-$36M, according to reports in the Times and Tony Jackson's blog. (Also in dodgers.com.) Instant uninformed analysis: Kuroda (J-ball stats) fills a significant hole in the Dodgers rotation. He functioned as the Hiroshima Carp's staff ace for a number of years, and has been healthy in the main while posting strong but not overpowering numbers. He'll slot in the 3-4 holes in the rotation, and should provide the Dodgers with a much better player than ...