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Hiroki Kuroda Deserves a Better Fate for New York Yankees

these numbers on Hiroki Kuroda for a moment:

—An ERA of 2.98, currently good for sixth-best among American League qualifiers.

—Opponents are hitting .237 against him (ninth in the AL), with a .289 on-base percentage (seventh), a .381 slugging percentage (13th) and an OPS of .670 (eighth).

—His 18 quality starts is tied for fourth in the AL.

—With a WHIP of 1.10, he is seventh in the AL.

So given that impressive resume, one that may rank him with Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander, Tampa Bay Rays lefthander David Price, Seattle Mariner King Perfecto Felix Hernandez or the Chicago White Sox’ lefty-righty tandem of Chris Sale and Jake Peavy, how in the world is it that Kuroda ...

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