YUSEI KIKUCHI OFF THE MARKET

Photo: AP

Now if you only read Bleeding Yankee Blue, and I encourage you to read everything, you don't know who Yusei Kikuchi is.  Well, he is a lefty, Japanese pitcher that was available to MLB teams this off season.  The Yankees were loosely... and I mean LOOSELY interested in this young pitcher.  And so, BYB opted to not really report on it because it's something they weren't truly engaged in.

It's being reported now that Kikuchi has signed a 4 year deal with the Seattle Mariners.  Hardball Talk writes:

"(Jon) Heyman says it’s a three-year contract with a player option for 2022, with the option possibly being replaced with an additional four-year guarantee."

Photo: AP

Whatever the case, it was put out today by Dan Martin of the New York Post that the Yankees "missed out". I mean... did they? In the same piece, Dan writes that the Yanks already have lefties...

"The Yankees already brought back southpaws CC Sabathia and J.A. Happ and acquired another lefty, James Paxton, in a trade with Seattle this offseason."

How many lefties do they need?

Silly.