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Sources: Yankees sign Hiroki Kuroda

Updated: January 14, 2012, 2:44 PM ET
By Andrew Marchand | ESPNNewYork.com
The New York Yankees have added former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to their suddenly deep rotation, sources confirmed. The deal is for one year and $10 million, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

Combined with the blockbuster trade with the Seattle Mariners for 22-year-old Michael Pineda, the Yankees have reconstructed their rotation. Ace CC Sabathia will likely be followed by Pineda, Ivan Nova, Kuroda and then either Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett or Freddy Garcia.

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