Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Free Agency Picks Up Pace, as $300 Million Decision Enters Final Stage

The free agency market for Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been on fire for the last two weeks. Yesterday’s news of the Japanese sensation’s second meeting with top teams in contention for him only sparked the flames further. After a wait of almost a month, Yamamoto has finally started entertaining offers, as the recent turn in events has brought to attention.

According to industry reports, the ace started accepting formal offers on Monday morning. Since then, all the existing contenders have started planning their bids for the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes. What details of the recent occurrence of events have the media revealed so far?

Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency uproar faces a new surge

In what seems to be the conclusive stage of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency availability, The Post has revealed some details about the upcoming offers. According to the report, to date, Yamamoto’s recent meetings with teams only included discussions about the limits of the contract clauses, without any “serious” offer being made.

That is soon destined to change as one of the biggest teams in the rat race, the Mets, is reported on the verge of giving their planned offer for the ace a green light. However, they are not the only ones with a solid plan in their arsenal.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto just finished meeting Mets’ owner Steve Cohen at his residence this Saturday. Following his dinner party with the team’s biggest stakeholder, the ace met with their rival team, the Yankees, within the few hours of the former occurrence. Insider Jon Heyman brought to light that Yamamoto himself called for the Yank’s meeting, which shows his willingness to give the Pinstripes a fair chance at bidding for him.

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The teams will be bidding for a contract that has reached a sky-high threshold of $300 million in the past few days. It’s not bad for an MLB rookie, is it? Yoshi is garnering attention not only for the financial side of things. Some of the biggest teams are running after him as well, other than the Yankees and the Mets.

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The 25-year-old Japanese wunderkind has reportedly met with other contenders like the Los Angeles Dodgers (his current favorite other than the Queens and the Bombers), along with the San Francisco Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Boston Red Sox, per reports. His willingness to finally review offers indicates that he will decide on his ultimate team of choice soon.