Rumors for Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw agree to 2-year deal
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced on Twitter that the team and Cy Young winner, Clayton Kershaw have agreed to a two-year $19mm deal which avoids an arbitration hearing for both sides.
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times adds that Kershaw will receive a $500,000 signing bonus with salaries of $7.5 million 2012 and $11 million in 2013. $2mm of his 2012 salary will be deferred to January 2013.
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Mariners sign Hong-Chih Kuo
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The Seattle Mariner have signed long time Dodger lefty reliever Hong-Chih Kuo to a one-year deal, Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times reports. Kuo will earn a base salary of $500k plus bonuses of up to $2.5mm. In addition, Kuo will make $1mm if he makes the Mariners’ 25-man roster.
When healthy, Kuo was one of the most dominant left handed relievers in the game which is evident by him making the All-Star team in 2010, when he led all big league relievers with a 1.20 ERA.
2011 was a different story for Kuo who posted a 9.00 ERA in 40 appearances while dealing with anxiety issues.
In seven major league seasons, all with the Dodgers, Kuo went 13-7 with 13 saves and a 3.73 career ERA in 292 1/3 innings pitched and one memorable bat flip/ home run in 2007.
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Dodgers sign Todd Coffey
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed right handed relief pitcher Todd Coffey to a one-year deal with a club option for 2013, the team announced.
Coffey will earn $1MM in 2013, with the club option being worth $2.5MM with a $300K buyout.
Coffey posted a 3.62 era last season for the Nationals. He earned $1.35mm last season and also earned an additional $150k in appearance bonuses (made 69 appearances, $75k for hitting 60 and 65 appearances).
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Reds sign Dioner Navarro
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The Cincinnati Reds have signed catcher Dioner Navarro to a minor league deal Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports. Navarro will earn $800k in the majors and can earn an additional $200k in incentives.
Navarro hit .193 in his second stint with the Dodgers last season. He was designated for assignment by the Dodgers on August 23 as a result of his poor work ethic.
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Red Sox sign Vicente Padilla
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The Boston Red Sox have signed Vicente Padilla to a minor-league deal, Peter Gammons of MLB Network reports. Padilla will make $1.5mm while in the Majors.
It is unclear if Boston views Padilla as a starter or a bullpen piece but will likely start off in the competition for the fifth starter role. Last year for the Dodgers, Padilla worked out of the bullpen and was slated to be the everyday closer but suffered a season ending injury after only 8 2/3 innings.
In four seasons with Texas in the AL, Padilla went 43-34 with a 4.90 era.
Yankees sign Hiroki Kuroda
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The New York Yankees have signed Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year deal worth between $10mm, Jack Curry of the YES Network reports.
Kuroda who has only pitched for the Dodgers besides in Japan, has a career era of 3.45 (4 seasons) and posted a 3.07 era in 2011 enroute to a 13-16 record.
The Yankees who decided to wait until Friday the 13th to make any big moves, earlier traded for Michael Pineda.
On January 10th, Mike Petriello of Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness, noted that Kenji Nimura, who joined the Dodgers in 2008 to translate for Kuroda, had signed with the Yankees.The deal that brought Nimura may have helped sway Kuroda to the east coast.
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Dodgers re-sign Mike MacDougal to 1-year deal
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have re-signed right-handed pitcher Mike MacDougal to a one-year deal for $650k with a 2013 team option worth $2.35mm or a $350k buyout, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.
The soon-to-be 35-year-old returns to Los Angeles for another campaign. He signed with the Dodgers last year for $500,000, on a Minor League deal.
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Happy Holidays from the PRO Rumors team
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From all of us at PRO Rumors, we’d like to wish you all a Happy Holidays! We hope that all of your holiday wishes (and your baseball wishes) have come true!
Dodgers sign Tony Gwynn Jr. to 2-year deal
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced in a press release that they have signed outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. to a two-year deal. Gwynn will earn $850K in 2012 and $1.15MM in 2013 for a total of $2MM, adds Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times.
The 29-year-old played in 136 games for the Dodgers in 2011 where he hit .256/.308/.353 with 2 home runs and 22 RBIs.
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