... arbitration eligibility. I'm not willing to write him off as a bust. Starter - Hiroki Kuroda The former NPB standout is entering the final year ... the Dodgers, and while his season ended on a forgettable note, Kuroda is likely to be a major ingredient to the Dodgers' success ( ... 6 run deficit. Health will be a huge factor for Kuroda in 2010. He's not getting any younger, as he'll turn ...

... Lohse (STL), Homer Bailey (CIN), Mike Hampton (HOU), and Hiroki Kuroda (LAD). This kind of is a combination of longevity and inability to get outs. I'm sure you can figure out who is who. Next, I want to take a look at % of balls in play - meaning anything that ... (NYM). The bottom 5 in terms of groundball grabbing are: Hiroki Kuroda, John Lannan, Dave Bush, Johnny Cueto, and ...

... 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Kuroda P 0 0 0 0 ---- ... 31 1 5 1 A-Pinch Hit For Kuroda In 7th Inning B-Pinch Ran For ... 0 5.94 D3 D7 H.Kuroda 0 1/3 0 0 0 ... 7 0 Double 3-H 1-3 b-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Hiroki Kuroda 2 23 C.Young 2- ...

... . Scott Feldman (ESPN #29, CBS #64), Hiroki Kuroda (ESPN #47, CBS #61), and Trevor Cahill (ESPN #55). Feldman will finish with ... guy. Feldman will be the village bicycle of the waiver wire. Kuroda will be 35 on Opening Day and never went over 105 pitches in ... shoulder surgeries I would not bet against Bedard throwing more innings than Kuroda since he is 5 years younger. As a cherry on top, ...

... 941 Larry Doby 953 Dontrelle Willis 966 Andre Dawson 938 Reggie Sanders 951 Mike Witt 965 Chad Billingsley, Age 24 Hiroki Kuroda, Age 34 Jonathan Broxton, Age 25 Similar Player Similarity Score Similar Player Similarity Score Similar Player Similarity Score Ray Culp ...

... many PAs since Tony Clark in 2005 - mostly because eleven of Ryal's 16 hits were for extra-bases. The most memorable of these was probably the ground-rule double off Hiroki Kuroda's head, which ricocheted back into the stands behind  home-plate Obscurist factoid: Ryal is a big baseball-card collector. Clay Zavada - 51 ...

... 39;ll most likely take a bigger payday elsewhere. Right or wrong, the Dodgers remain reluctant spending big bucks on a pitcher. With Wolf probably gone, the Dodgers now have a starting rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, Chad Billingsley, and a bunch of question marks. Needless to say, they have work to do.

... First tRA tRA* Lincecum Tim 2.52 3.31 Carpenter Chris 2.77 3.45 Greinke Zack 2.35 3.48 Vazquez Javier 3.19 3.60 Haren Dan 3.25 3.67 Kuroda Hiroki 3.34 3.71 Pineiro Joel 3.42 3.74 Hernandez Felix 3.28 3.79 Jimenez Ubaldo 3.33 3.81 Wainwright Adam 3.47 3.82 There are no real surprises ...