Analyzing Japanese free agents heading to MLB after Yankees declared interest
NEW YORK — The Yankees have made one thing crystal clear during this offseason: they want to get back into the Japanese player market. “Do I feel it would be good to have Japanese representation ? Of course,” said owner Hal Steinbrenner on Monday. “We have in the past. We were very much in on Yamamoto, as you know. It did not work out. “Representation of Japanese players , yes, that’s an important thing. ”Baseball is king in Japan. A lot of Japanese fans...

