Hiroki Kuroda isn't bad.

Somebody needs to shut Mike Lupica up. My sides are splitting:

"Chris Christie really is a huge Mets fan, so it was kind of neat to hear him tell Boomer and Carton the other day that he’d like to be general manager of the Mets."

Chris Christie is huge, I'll agree with that.

Ha ha, get it?

Because he's fat.


"But with everybody constantly talking about the Mets’ finances and Jersey’s deficit being what it is — is this really a good idea?"

No, it isn't a good idea.

Oh, wait ... that was supposed to be funny.

Ha ha! The fiscal problems on New Jersey linked to the financial problems with the Mets.

You should totally go to the George Washington Bridge scandal next. We're set up for the knockout punch.


"Well, if Christie does end up with the Mets, at least think about taking the 7 train and not the RFK Bridge if you’re coming to the game from the city."

Killed it.


"Who watched Hiroki Kuroda fade the way he did last season and thought the Yankees should pay big-time, ace money to re-sign this guy at the age of 39?

One more time, every time the Yankees act as if it were some kind of act of God that they got this old:

These players didn’t sign themselves.

Kuroda didn’t do it and neither did Ichiro and neither did Alfonso Soriano and neither did Brian Roberts."

Bartolo Colon didn't sign himself, either, and neither did Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder or Josh Hamilton or Ichiro and his 3 RBIs ... or Jeter and his ... his ... his 1 HR ... and his 8 RBIs ... and his sit-back-on-high-choppers-and-turn-them-into-infield-singles thing because he has no range at SS.


But Kuroda is pretty good (3-3, 4.55 ERA, Yankee Stadium, bad offensive support, bad defensive support) and he isn't being paid ace money.

Kuroda is the third-highest paid pitcher on the Yankees and the 17th-highest paid  pitcher in MLB.

In terms of the overall contract, it's only one year.




Brian Roberts is literally making $2 million this year. I'm guessing there are some performance incentives, because MLB players generally get $2 million per year for rolling out of bed and tying their shoes.

It would be almost impossible to find a veteran free agent who makes less money than Brian Roberts. I'm not sure it's legal to pay a veteran free agent less than Brian Roberts.

He isn't very good, and maybe the Yankees are biding their time hoping to score Utley.

But the Yankees knew he wasn't very good.

That's why he's only making $2 million ...and he already has 9 whole RBIs.

Relatively speaking, Roberts and Kuroda are bargains.