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In ESPN The Magazine, MLB Insider Buster Olney examines how GM Brian Cashman is leading the Yankees in cutting payroll to get below the salary cap while still fielding a winning roster.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2013

SEATTLE -- Hiroki Kuroda pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings Friday night, allowing just two hits and a walk. Unfortunately, he also pitched another inning bad enough to cost the Yankees a game. That was the fourth inning, in which Kuroda created his ...

Clay Buchholz (7-0, 1.73 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 73 K's in 72 2/3 IP over 10 starts) returns to the mound for the first time since May 22, having been shelved by an odd AC joint injury. He'll face Yankees right-hander Hiroki Kuroda (6-3, 2.39 ERA, 1.00 WHIP,...

The "Baseball Tonight" crew previews Sunday night's matchup between Clay Buchholz and Hiroki Kuroda....

On Tuesday, it was more about Matt Harvey. On Sunday, it will be more about Clay Buchholz. It is never really about Hiroki Kuroda. Even his manager, Joe Girardi, wouldn't say there is any extra excitement in the clubhouse when Kuroda takes the mou...

"Everything points" to Clay Buchholz to start Sunday night in New York against the Yankees, Red Sox manager John Farrell said after Buchholz reported no lingering issues from another bullpen session Thursday.

Unlike home runs and stolen bases and most offensive statistics, for that matter, pitcher wins are not a good gauge of a player's true ability. They just aren't. We could compare myriad sets of pitchers in this space with similar statistics in ERA, W...

Blog | May 30, 2013

Joba Chamberlain is back. But what is his role going forward? Chamberlain was activated off the disabled list prior to Tuesday night's loss to the Mets but was not needed, thanks to Hiroki Kuroda's strong seven-inning performance. On this team,...

It may have been a short series, but a sweep is a sweep. With their dramatic 2-1 ninth-inning victory Tuesday night at Citi Field, the Mets pulled off their third sweep of the Yankees in the 17-year history of the Subway Series, dropping the Yankees ...

Mariano Rivera is mortal. And the Mets are unbeaten in the Subway Series. Rivera, who entered his final regular-season game at Citi Field with a one-run lead in the ninth, surrendered a leadoff double to Daniel Murphy, followed by a game-tying sin...

Getty Images Scott Boras represents Mets phenom Matt Harvey. Scott Boras has known Matt Harvey since the Mets phenom pitched in high school. And Harvey's success entering Tuesday night's start opposite Hiroki Kuroda comes as no shock to the super a...

Brad Penner/USA TODAY SportsMatt Harvey faces his childhood team at Citi Field tonight.The New York Mets face the New York Yankees tonight (7 p.m. ET on ESPN and WatchESPN), looking to win three straight games for the first time since April 8. Ha...

Most of the big-ticket free agents reeled in last winter have been, at least so far, colossal busts. The Dodgers' $147 million has bought them five starts' worth of Zack Greinke. The Angels' $125 million investment has yielded a .222/.283/.399 line f...

Debby Wong/USA Today SportsHiroki Kuroda's start last season was one of the best by a Yankee against the Mets.Matt Harvey figures to garner much of the attention on Tuesday, but let's not forget that Hiroki Kuroda is as capable of pitching a gem of a...

Oh yeah, there will be someone else besides Matt Harvey starting on Tuesday. Hiroki Kuroda hasn't been half bad this year. In fact, he has been clearly the best Yankee pitcher, despite his awful two-inning, five run and one bruised calf performanc...

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