Reports: Dodgers Agree To 8-Year Deal With Kenta Maeda

The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with Japanese free agent starting pitcher Kenta Maeda on an 8-year deal, although the club has not confirmed the signing. Maeda previously played in Japan with Hiroshima Carp and posted a 15-8 record with a 2.09 earned run average in 29 starts in 2015. Maeda will serve as a replacement along with lefty Scott Kazmir for Zack Greinke, who just recently signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks this past December. Maeda has been compared to Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and Rangers ace Yu Darvish because they all have one thing in common: they all dominated their way through the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan. We will see if Maeda has what it takes to play in the show.