Much as expected, the New York Yankees have reportedly made a "significant bid" for Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, according to the New York Post's Jon Heyman, but "at this point they haven't heard, one way or the other."
The majority of the reporting around Yamamoto's free agency on Wednesday suggested that the Yankees, Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers were the main teams left in the running:
Andy Martino @martinonycTeams in on Yamamoto are still in waiting mode. Plenty of big offers. No signs of significant progress toward a deal yet. No change in industry perception that Yankees/Dodgers are in good shape and Mets have a shot.