http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jan/01/padres-courted-hiroki-kuroda-nl-west-news/ The Padres were making a serious push to sign Hiroki Kuroda before the 39-year-old right-hander opted to return to Japan last week, a team source said. チーム関係者によるとパドレスは先週日本復帰が決まった黒田博樹と契約しようと真剣に取り組んでいた。 While a report that the Padres’ offer was as high as $18 million, topping pushes by both the Dodgers and the Yankees, LADやNYY以上の18Mものオファーを出したと日本で報じられたようだが、 may have been “a little high,” the source said, 関係者によると実際よりは「ちょっとだけ高い」かもしれないとのこと。