Yesterday, we passed on reports that the Red Sox have already offered a contract worth over $300 million to Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. This information came via reports from both Dominican baseball reporter Marino Pepen and Jim Bowdoin, a former GM who currently writes for The Athletic. Later in the day, ESPN’s Jeff Passan pumped the brakes on that. According to Passan, Yamamoto’s people weren’t even prepared to accept any offers until this week. Between these reports and the Shohei Ohtani plane-tracking episode, MLB beat reporters have not been covering themselves in glory this winter.
Red Sox News & Links: Maybe The Sox Haven’t Gone Big On Yamamoto (Yet)??
