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Coveted Japanese free agent Yoshinobu Yamamoto is ready to hear offers from suitors starting Monday, ESPN reported.
Yamamoto reportedly gave the Mets and Yankees another opportunity to make their case at separate dinner gatherings over the weekend.
The star reportedly requested and received a second meeting with the Mets, having dinner on Saturday with Mets owner Steve Cohen, president of baseball operations David Stearns, manager Carlos Mendoza and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner at Cohen’s home in Connecticut, MLB Network reported. – Media at the field level Read more