The San Francisco Giants have reportedly been told that they're no longer in the bidding for ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, according to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Giants officials have met with Yamamoto and are "enamored" with him, although it doesn't appear that the feeling was mutual (via Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic). He'll likely be headed elsewhere, although he could sign with another franchise on the west coast.
Per Pavlovic, the "expectation" is that he will end up in Los Angeles or New York amid interest from the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and New York Mets.