Monday, January 16, 2012
Other Yankees News
The Yankees, after pulling off a laws of physics altering trade, also signed RHP Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year contract worth $10 million last Friday. Kuroda, a bit of an unknown commodity in the AL, spent a long time playing in a far-off $#!%hole. He also played in Japan. Oh snap! Have fun with that cesspool, Joe Torre! But seriously, who is Kuroda? Kuroda is 37, and has a career 3.45 ERA. Most analysts agree that he is likely to pitch much better now that he's going to be playing in a place where he doesn't have to deal with the daily and debilitating anxiety of possibly being viciously assaulted in the parking lot. Kuroda's last play-off appearance saw him give up 6 runs in 1.1 innings, meaning we now have two A.J. Burnetts. How can we go wrong with that? We can't.
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What is wrong with the Yankees this year?
I actually feel better about things now then before. We have a couple more rotation pieces to have compete for a starting role. Kuroda was a one year deal, and should be better than AJ Burnett in the regular season. I think we're at least in a better spot than we were before the trade/signing and that's all you can ask for!
Think of this like Andy Pettitte coming out of retirement to sign another one-year deal. That's what I will do when Kuroda goes down with an injury, because come on, how do you not sign Andy Pettitte? He's a Yankee legend.
Hahha with that kind of reasoning, I'm sure I can sleep better about Rafael Soriano. I'll think of him as former closer Goose Gossage, and who wouldn't want the Goose back in pinstripes!
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