Hiroki Kuroda Will Agree to a Trade, Unless He Won’t

July 30, 2011 at 2:04 pm | Posted in Hiroki Kuroda | 7 Comments

I usually don’t make posts for quick, small items – the dawn of Twitter killed that, because I used to – but these back-to-back tweets by SI‘s Jon Heyman and the Boston Globe‘s Gordon Edes are too good to pass up.

Heyman, 1:49pm PT:

friend of kuroda says hed be surprised i hiroki consented to a trade out of LA. #tradedeadline

Edes, 1:50pm PT:

Kuroda has indicated to Dodgers that he is open to deals w/Texas, Bos, and NYY. Texas has been pushing hard#trades

The lesson, as always? Don’t believe everything you hear, especially when it’s 23 hours before the trading deadline, and especially especially if it was delivered in 140 characters or less.

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Especially especially especially if it’s via Jon Heyman.

Comment by Gregory Zakwin— July 30, 2011 #

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well…looks like kuroda is staying after all

Comment by GP— July 30, 2011 #

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Well, with that NEW news, it doesn’t leave much of an exciting weekend ahead anymore, does it?

Comment by Gibby's Limp— July 30, 2011 #

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- yup
  
  Comment by GP— July 30, 2011 #
  
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At this point, I’ll take stability and a dismal 2010 over the prospect of Ned dumping Raffy and Kuroda for a handful of magic beans.

Comment by Bill Grabarkewitz— July 30, 2011 #

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- Kuroda, I get, but I don’t see the stability with Furcal if he’s ultimately going to sit a lot more towards the end of the season in favor of Gordon.
  
  Comment by Gibby's Limp— July 30, 2011 #
  
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[...] of the speculation was fueled by Kuroda himself, since for most of July he refused to come right out and say that he would or would not accept a trade. Finally, one day before the trading deadline, he announced that he would be [...]

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