Giants Out Of Bidding For Yoshinobu Yamamot

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9:06pm: Yamamoto could make his decision within the next 48 hours, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. 7:55pm: MLB.coms Jon Morosi that Yamamoto has at least one offer of $300MM or more in hand. 6:59pm: The Giants have been informed theyre out of the running for , reports Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area ( ). While theres no indication that Yamamoto has made his final decision, Pavlovic adds the Giants expect hell sign with the Dodgers or one of the New York clubs. Andy Martino of SNY that the Mets have not received any indication theyre out of the running. Thats also true of the Yankees, according https://www.nationalsday.com/washington-nationals-jersey/kyle-finnegan-jersey to Jon Heyman of the New York Post ( ). Heyman indicates the Yankees have put a significant bid on the table. Cro sing San Francisco off the list technically leaves six known finalists. In addition to the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees, the Blue Jays, Phillies and Red Sox have been involved. Philadelphia has this week. That said, reports have cast the Phils, Jays, and (to a le ser extent) the Sox as longer shots. Yamamoto has been weighing offers throughout the week. While he technically has until the evening of January 4 to sign, the expectation is that he wont take things to the wire. That his camp is now in the proce s of whittling the field lends credence to the idea that a decision might not be far off. The bidding seems as if itll surpa s $250MM, before accounting for a posting fee owed to the Orix Buffaloes that could tack on another $45-50MM. That fee is in proportion to the contract size, calculated as 20% of the deals first $25MM, 17.5% of the next $25MM, and 15% of additional spending. That reflects Yamamotos atypical youth for a free agent pitcher (25) and his sheer dominance in Japan. Named NPBs best pitcher three years running, hes coming off a 1.21 ERA while striking out nearly 27% of opponents in 164 innings. Its a tough blow for the Giants, who come up short on another top-tier free agent. The Giants have mi sed on pursuits of , and within the past two offseasons alone, while their deal with fell through because of the physical. Yamamoto will join that list. San Francisco did land KBO star on a six-year, $113MM pact the largest deal of Farhan Zaidis tenure as baseball operations president but they havent gotten a truly elite free agent in some time. San Francisco still has plenty of spending capacity as they decide on their next steps. projects their 2024 spending around $158MM. Thats about $30MM below this years Opening Day figure. From a luxury tax perspective, theyre almost $45MM south of the base threshold. That opens the po sibility for a run at any of the top remaining free agent talents. and headline the rotation cla s, while was on the radar earlier in the offseason. So was the top available hitter, , although the Lee signing seems to rule out a pursuit of another lefty-swinging center fielder. https://www.nationalsday.com/washington-nationals-jersey/harold-ramirez-jersey https://ferrellryan.tkzblog.com/38044012/red-sox-place-hunter-dobbins-on-15-day-injured-list https://jbrown.blogpayz.com/38549148/pete-alonsos-clutch-blast-sends-mets-to-nlds-in-game-3-wild-card-thriller https://christyburke.blognody.com/44067538/the-hot-start-of-trevor-williams-raises-interesting-questions