{"id":65079,"date":"2023-12-21T12:15:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=65079"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:16:38","slug":"phillies-yamamoto-mlb-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/21\/phillies-yamamoto-mlb-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Enter Yamamoto Sweepstakes as Bidding War Hits $300 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Phillies are now in contention for Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, who seeks a record contract in 2024. Philadelphia is the latest big league club to enter the sweepstakes for the Japanese ace. They join a fray that has reportedly driven up the highest-ever asking price for an incoming overseas pitcher.<\/p>\n

According to Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>. The Phillies met with Yamamoto last week. As part of their presentation, he received a FaceTime call from Bryce Harper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phillies Latest Team to Join Yamamoto Bidding<\/h2>\n

Bidding For Yamamoto Reaches Record $300 Million<\/h3>\n

Following the historic deal between two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Yamamoto has emerged as the most coveted player available. Both the New York Yankees and New York Mets<\/a> appear to be the frontrunners to acquire his talents, though multiple other teams<\/a> have reportedly made offers, and now the Phillies are hoping to become a dark horse in the bidding.<\/p>\n

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto just pitched a complete game on 138 pitches in his last start before becoming an MLB free agent<\/p>\n

He had 14 strikeouts, breaking Yu Darvish<\/a>‘s Japan Series record pic.twitter.com\/SleSD0Kl4c<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) November 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n