By Denis Engel
It’s December in New York and so that means the Hot Stove is heating up. Major League Baseball’s Winter Meeting is convening once again and when baseball executives meet, they can’t help themselves from doing deals.
The hottest two players on the free agent front are Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Where will they land? Reports are that the Mets are not actively pursuing Ohtani, but signing Yamamoto is their number one goal this offseason. Across five seasons in Japan’s NPB, Yamamoto compiled a 70-29 record; his eye-popping 1.82 ERA over those five seasons isn’t a typo. Nor is his 0.935 WHIP, or 6.4 H/9. His 9.3 K/9 is solid, and the 2.1 BB/9 shows that he keeps his pitch count down – perhaps demonstrating durability and longevity. Most importantly for the Mets, he’s 25 and won’t turn 26 until next August.
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