It seems like we’re reaching an endgame with respect to the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes, and we have reports that the Sox have offered the Japanese ace a contract worth over $300 million. That’s well above most of the contract estimates we were seeing at the start of free agency, when the consensus was that Yamamoto would receive around $200 million. (Matt Schooley, CBS)
It’s not surprising that Yamamoto’s number continues to rise when you consider the teams that apparently remain in contention for his services: the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, and Dodgers are considered the favorites, with the Giants and Phillies lurking.