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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. Club officials aren't commenting for now, but two sources with knowledge …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Kuroda agrees to terms with Dodgers — Japanese right-hander is prepared to sign a three-year contract believed to be worth $35.3 million. — Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda has agreed to the terms of a three-year contract with the Dodgers worth $35.3 million, according to baseball sources.
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ESPN:
Dodgers, pitcher Kuroda agree to three-year deal — LOS ANGELES — Fulfilling one of their major offseason goals, the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with Japanese free-agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a three-year, $35.2 million contract. — Kuroda, who turns 33 in February …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers reel in Kuroda with contract — Japanese righty agrees to three-year deal worth $35.3 million — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers won the bidding war for Japanese right-handed starter Hiroki Kuroda, reaching an agreement Saturday on a three-year, $35.3 million contract.
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Associated Press:
Pettitte admits to trying HGH on two occasions — NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte used human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury in 2002, the New York Yankees pitcher admitted two days after he was cited in the Mitchell Report. — Pettitte said he tried HGH on two occasions …
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Baseball's Lie Comes Home to Roost — This past week, the Orioles traded Miguel Tejada for a fistful of players you never heard of. The Nationals signed free agent catcher Paul Lo Duca, an all-star four times, for the curiously low price of $5 million for one year.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pettitte admits to HGH use — Statement of Andy Pettitte issued through Randy Hendricks — First, I would like to say that contrary to media reports, I have never used steroids. I have no idea why the media would say that I have used steroids, but they have done so repeatedly.
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Giants expect Sabean to stay — No fallout feared despite conflicting testimony in report — Brian Sabean has no intention of stepping down as the Giants' general manager and the club fully supports moving forward with him, a club spokesperson said Friday.
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Yankees still talking Santana with Twins — Deadline, shmedline: The Yankees' pursuit of Johan Santana is not over. — "We're still thinking about it," senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday. "We haven't ruled it out completely. We're still considering it.
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Rob Bradford / Bradford Files:
Donnelly speaks — For the first time since being named in the Mitchell Report, free agent reliever Brendan Donnelly has come out in an attempt to explain his side of the story. — Speaking by phone from his home in Arizona tonight, Donnelly said in a prepared statement:
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals add roster depth — Team signs reliever King, infielder Orr to Minors deals — WASHINGTON — The Nationals added more depth by signing left-hander Ray King and infielder Pete Orr to non-guaranteed Minor League contracts with an invitation to Spring Training.
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Patrick Reusse / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Kaat not shocked by steroids use in Mitchell Report — The ex-Twins pitcher has stepped away from the game, trekking across the country in an RV since May. — Jim Kaat should be in the Hall of Fame. He won 261 games in 18 seasons as a starting pitcher, then re-invented himself …
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cameron leaving; Edmonds in center — Padres acquire aging outfielder for farmhand — Center fielder Jim Edmonds and at least $1 million to pay his $8 million salary are coming to the Padres for David Freese, a Single-A third baseman, according to multiple sources.
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Clark has mixed reaction to trades — Free agent is happy for team, sad that he may not return — PHOENIX — Tony Clark was out at a local pizza place, having dinner with his kids on Friday night, as news began to spread throughout the Valley that the Diamondbacks had made three trades …
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's trade Haren — (12-14) 21:20 PST — For nearly a decade, the A's have boasted contending teams, making the playoffs five times in the past eight years. — On Friday, however, Oakland traded right-hander Dan Haren, who just five months before had started the All-Star Game in San Francisco.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Starting Pitching Market Starts Moving — In recent days the starting pitching market has finally started moving. Dan Haren was traded to the Diamondbacks, and Hiroki Kuroda signed with the Dodgers. Now that the ball is rolling, what's next? — There are no aces available via free agency …
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What a tangled web of deceit — Ahhhhhhhhh! — My reaction after taking a steroid injection in the buttocks? — No, my thoughts after perusing most of the 400-plus-page, mind-numbing tome that was the Mitchell Report, then reading a few dozen reaction stories and opinion pieces cranked …
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Wagner fears doubt will be cast — NEW YORK — Billy Wagner always has been proud of the power his left arm generates and how his fastball has distinguished him from most others in his business. Saves are one thing, he says; miles per hour are something else.
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