Yankees confident they can re-sign Pettitte, Rivera, Kuroda
CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman provides the scoop:
The Yankees have faith they can make deals with pitchers Mariano Rivera,
Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte – surely more faith than they can do a deal
with Rafael Soriano at the moment.
The Yankees expect to try to work something out with Rivera in the coming
week, especially now that Soriano has rejected the $13.3-million qualifying
offer. The club’s hope is to get Rivera done at a bit of a pay cut from his
$15-million 2012 salary, as he is 43 and coming back from a knee injury.
Pettitte hasn’t completely committed to returning for the 2013 season, but
the expectation is that the veteran left-hander eventually will.
And it’s highly doubtful that he would agree to pitch for any team other
than the Yankees at this point.
Kuroda may be a little trickier because of the amount of interest he has
already attracted from teams like the Red Sox and Dodgers. But Heyman says
the Yankees are viewing Japan as their primary competition.
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前两人留下机会的确相当大 黑田就不一定了