Ned confirmed tonight that the club did make a formal offer to Hiroki Kuroda. Although it’s not clear what that offer was, it probably was in the neighborhood of three years and $30 million, which is about what Seattle and Arizona offered. But Seattle reportedly has upped its offer to four years and slightly more than $40 million, so even if the Dodgers are Kuroda’s preferred team, the Dodgers probably will have to seriously increase their offer to have a chance. At any rate, Kuroda isn’t expected to sign anywhere this week.
