[Talkin Yanks] Yankees plan to offer 25-year-old pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto an offer that significantly exceeds the seven-years, $155 million they gave Masahiro Tanaka, per @Yahoo_JAPAN_PR

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  1. well, yeah… they gave that contract to Tanaka 10 years ago, so of course they need to offer significantly more to even put in a competitive offer.

    Rodon just received 6/$162M….

  2. On the basis of Rodon and inflation alone I’d hope so.

    But fuuuuck yeah. Anyone got a decent projection of what our payroll looks like next year with guys off/potentially coming off the books?

    EDIT: Spotrac shows us carrying roughly $180m into 2024 right now before anyone on ARB gets done (includes, among others: Torres, Holmes, King, Lasa, Higgy, Nestor, Trevi, and Clarke). CBT for 2024 is $237m.

  3. The one offseason/FA move I totally believe. This guy is amazing and the Yankees love the money that comes with a fresh marketable star along with foreign views and merch sales

  8. I have never seen Yamamoto pitch so I am already coming from a place of ignorance, but the Yankees philosophy is known to go after tall pitchers who throw hard. It’s been that way for over s decade, maybe all of Cashman’s tenure, I don’t know. The fact that the Yankees seem to be going hatd after a guy who is 5’10” and sits around 95 is…. interesting.

    Also, for the 3rd year in a row: THE OFFENSE HAD BEEN THE PROBLEM, sweet Jesus can we show any modicum of focus there?

  11. I don’t care what anyone says, this is signaling they don’t believe in the rodon signing they just made… and how could you blame them

  13. Idk, I get it completely… a staff of Cole- Rodon- Nestor- Schmidt- King/ cheap free agent isn’t great… but if you know Hal the budget for this offseason isn’t gonna be endless… we need a bat for that $15-30 AAV in the worst way.

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