Just because New York Mets owner Steve Cohen met with free agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Japan last week doesn't mean Yamamoto is guaranteed to end up in New York, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Passan said Thursday on the Pat McAfee Show that in addition to the Mets and the New York Yankees, he "would not discount" the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs as contenders for Yamamoto.
The Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants are also potential suitors for Yamamoto if they do not win the bid for star free agent Shohei Ohtani, Passan added.