Yukihito Taguchi-USA TODAY Sports We’re going to get a decision soon. It seems like we’re reaching an endgame with respect to the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes, and we have reports that the Sox have offered the Japanese ace a contract worth over $300 million. That’s well above most of the contract estimates we were seeing at …
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Plus, Triston Casas goes deep. Unlike the Mets, whose owner flew to Japan to meet with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and wasn’t shy about talking about it, the Red Sox have remained tight-lipped about their pursuit of the 25-year-old ace. But it has now been confirmed that team officials will be meeting with Yamamoto in person imminently. …
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Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Is he the next best Japanese star to hit the Majors? Welcome to Smash Or Pass, a new offseason series in which we’ll examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Today, we’re taking a look at one of the most …