It’s official: The dream of Operation #YamaSoto has been dashed. Despite an apparent full-court press from Brian Cashman and Co., the New York Yankees missed out on coveted free agent Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with the Japanese ace instead choosing to sign with the Dodgers on a 12-year, $325 million deal. It’s a tough pill to swallow […]
December 21, 2023
After weeks of speculation, the Los Angeles Dodgers managed to pull off their second shocker of the offseason, landing Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto on a whopping 12year, $325 million deal. From pretty much the moment the dust settled on the Shohei Ohtani signing, all eyes in L.A. turned to Yamamoto — the top pitcher on […]
December 21, 2023
As if landing the biggest free agent in baseball history wasn’t enough for Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers, they went and grabbed the other hottest name on the market for good measure. Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is reportedly following in Shohei Ohtani’s footsteps, heading to Los Angeles on a 12-year, $325 million deal and putting […]
December 21, 2023
At this point, we might have to start talking about this Dodgers offseason as among the best in baseball history. Landing the biggest free agent ever would have been accomplishment enough, but president Andrew Friedman followed that up by signing the next hottest name on the market: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who’s reportedly set to […]
December 21, 2023
With Shohei Ohtani off the market, all eyes around the baseball world have turned to the next hottest name in free agency: 25-year-old Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, whose age and frontline stuff have the biggest teams in the league lining up for his services. Yamamoto spent most of last week hosting in-person meetings (and, occasionally, […]
December 20, 2023
We’re less than a week out from Christmas, which means things are about to go fairly quiet on the Hot Stove front. But if this offseason has taught us anything so far, it’s that plenty can change over the span of seven days, so expect plenty of action between now and this weekend. Who’s heading […]
December 19, 2023
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a ton of work to do if they hope to work toward their first postseason berth since 2015. But the team got their major winter movement started with a no-brainer: Andrew McCutchen, five-time All-Star and Pittsburgh icon, will be returning to the team for his 16th Major League season (and his […]
December 19, 2023
The Orioles announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement on a new lease with the city of Baltimore that will keep the team at Camden Yards for at least the next 30 years, putting an end to weeks and months of speculation about the future of the franchise. The agreement comes more than […]
December 18, 2023
We’ve officially reached the wine-and-dine portion of the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes, with reports that the most sought-after player left on the free-agent market spent part of his weekend dining with owner Steve Cohen and several other key members of the Mets organization — the second meeting between Yamamoto and Mets brass this winter, following Cohen […]
December 18, 2023
We already knew that Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani won’t pitching during the 2024 season, the result of Tommy John surgery — er, well, some sort of elbow surgery — in September. But while most people assumed that would make the 29-year-old a full-time DH next year, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts may have […]
December 18, 2023
We’re just a week out from Christmas, which means things are about to go fairly quiet on the Hot Stove front. But if this offseason has taught us anything so far, it’s that plenty can change over the span of seven days, so expect plenty of action between now and this weekend. Who’s heading where? […]
December 18, 2023