MLB Free Agents: Bargain Starters Dodgers Can Get to Replace Hiroki Kuroda

If one pitcher embodied the Dodgers’ up and down season, it’s Hiroki Kuroda. Despite a solid earned run average hovering above or below 3.00 in his 29 starts, his record of 11-16 is mostly due to lack of run support and the occasional shaky outing.

Kuroda’s a free agent at season’s end and despite his consistency the past few seasons, it’s possible the Dodgers will let him walk and save the $11.7 million they’ll pay him this year. The question is, who can the Dodgers look at to replace him.

The 2012 free agent market offers slim pickings on the mound. It’s unlikely the Dodgers will get or can afford a big name starter so they’re better off gambling with someone who can support Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley

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