The most recent rumor around baseball is that Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda would waive his no-trade clause to join either the Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees. So far this season, Kuroda is 6-12 with 3.19 ERA (just by observing this stat you can tell wins and losses are a stupid way to determine how good a pitcher is, but that topic is for another day).
The Yankees have been showing interest in Kuroda for some time now, especially after not signing Cliff Lee in the off-season. But it just does not seem like the Yankees are willing to trade any of their top pitching prospects for a 36 year-old, even though the Yankees are in big need of a quality starting pitcher.
The Red Sox on the other hand have a deep farm system and could be willing to pull the trigger for Kuroda. Both Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz have missed numerous starts and Daisuke Matsuzaka is lost for the season. The Red Sox are also in need of a fourth starting pitcher for October baseball because they probably cannot rely on Tim Wakefield or Jon Lackey to fill the role (although Lackey has been looking much better as of late). It will be very interesting to see were Kuroda ends up.
The non-waiver trade deadline ends July 31.
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