hile the Phillies ultimately couldn’t land Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency, it wasn’t due to a lack of trying. The club reportedly gave the star Japanese pitcher his highest-paying offer of the offseason.
Philadelphia’s contract offer was for more total money than that of any other major-league team, according to a Tuesday morning report from the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber, meaning Yamamoto left guaranteed money on the table when he signed a record 12-year, $325 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in December.
The Phillies met with Yamamoto and his representation, made a video pitch and extended their big-ticket offer, per Lauber, but the 25-year-old starting pitcher declined to visit Philadelphia when he made an East Coast tour the next week. It appeared the Dodgers were his preference, so perhaps any amount of money from the Phillies wouldn’t have swayed him.
While the Phillies ultimately couldn’t land Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency, it wasn’t due to a lack of trying. The club reportedly gave the star Japanese pitcher his highest-paying offer of the offseason.
Philadelphia’s contract offer was for more total money than that of any other major-league team, according to a Tuesday morning report from the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber, meaning Yamamoto left guaranteed money on the table when he signed a record 12-year, $325 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in
