So much for California teams having the edge.After weeks of wondering where Hiroki Kuroda would end up, he chose to come back to the Bronx for one more season, as he signed a one-year deal worth $15 million, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.
Sources: The Yankees have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Hiroki Kuroda.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) November 20, 2012
The 37-year-old Japanese starter was 16-11 with a 3.32 ERA last season and got a raise from the $10 million he made in 2012.Kuroda had interest from the ...
The New York Yankees have agreed to terms with right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year deal, according to ESPN.com. Sources reportedly told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney the deal is worth $15 million plus incentives. The incentives are said to be worth less than $1 million. The money makes sense; Kuroda had turned down the Yankees’ qualifying offer of $13.3 million on Nov. 9 and was said to be pondering a return to Japan. Looking forward, the deal brings New York’s most consistent starter back for 2013. Kuroda was 16-11 ...
Any signs of panic in Yankees Universe concerning the outlook for the 2013 season can be eased for the time being.According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the New York Yankees have signed Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year, $15 million contract. The contract includes incentives for just under $1 millionKuroda was a success in his first year in the American League, going 16-11 with a 3.32 ERA and a 126 ERA+. The 37-year-old set an MLB career-high in innings and starts and also pitched well in the postseason for the ...
ESPN’s Buster Olney tweeted this evening that the New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. Olney went on to tweet that the deal was for $15 million, with possible incentives totaling less than $1 million. His signing takes one of the better available arms off the market and solidifies the Yankees' 2013 starting rotation. CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman had reported that after initial reports that Kuroda was interested in pitching in Los Angeles, he had finally whittled his choices down to the Yankees or returning to Japan ...
New York Yankees principal owner Hal Steinbrenner has publicly stated his intention to get the team's payroll under the $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2014. He's all but declared it a mandate.“I’m looking at it as a goal, but my goals are normally considered a requirement,” Steinbrenner said to reporters, including The New York Times' David Waldstein in March.“Is it a requirement with baseball that we be at 189? No, it’s not a requirement. But that is going to be the luxury tax threshold, and that’s where I want ...
Does anybody else get the feeling that the New York Yankees are being too quiet this offseason?Me too, and I don't trust it. The Yankees being quiet during the offseason is sort of like an electric guitar being quiet in a garage. Sooner or later, that thing is going to go off and the neighbors are going to be none too happy about it.Case in point, remember that time the Yankees were laying low and then traded for Michael Pineda and signed Hiroki Kuroda within a matter of hours? Remember ...
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to be in a buying mood, according to a New York Times report on Monday. Amy Chozick reported that Murdoch’s News Corporation, after spending more than a year dealing with the fallout from a phone-hacking scandal in Great Britain, may be after a 49-percent stake in New York’s YES Network. That, in turn, could lead to a national sports network designed to compete with industry giant ESPN. News Corporation, according to Chozick, is in the middle of a restructuring that will move its publishing assets, ...
As the New York Yankees hold firm to their position that the team will limit next year's payroll to $189 million or less, New York may want to consider offering the farm for the Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton. GM Brian Cashman's commitment to get "younger and better" this offseason may be a bit tougher than in years past. Because while the Yankees seem stuck on avoiding the impending luxury tax, large free agent acquisitions may no longer be in the cards.Such a strategy isn't exactly orthodox in the Bronx. A team known worldwide for ...
The New York Yankees enter the offseason with 13 free agents on their roster. As is always the case with any team some names on that list hold greater value than others. There are players such as Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte where it's only a matter of time until they re-sign.There are players the Yankees would love to have back if the price is right.Then, of course, there is the group of players where the value doesn't match the price tag attached and departure is all but inevitable.But what ...
It was a great year to be a hitter in the New York Yankees’ system. However, the same can’t be said regarding the organization’s pitching prospects. Expected to contribute in the major leagues this past season, top pitching prospects LHP Manny Banuelos (Tommy John surgery) and RHP Dellin Betances (demoted from Triple to Double-A) took step in the wrong direction, while RHP Jose Campos, a potential steal acquired in the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero swap, missed nearly all of 2012 with an elbow injury.They weren't the only players hampered by injuries, ...