Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto in high MLB demand, agent says

There has been unprecedented interest among MLB teams for Japanese starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, his agent said Tuesday.Speaking to reporters online, Joel Wolfe said between 11 and 14 teams have expressed interest in the 25-year-old right-hander, a figure he said that exceeded interest in previous Japanese professionals on the free agent market."This is by far the player with the most interested teams that I have ever seen at the beginning of free agency," Wolfe said.The 178-centimeter Yamamoto has dominated Japan's Pacific League for the last three years, and is expected to sign a d…READ FULL ARTICLE