Shohei Ohtani is no longer a priority in MLB Free Agency, Mets pursue Yoshinobu Yamamoto

The Japanese sensation in Major League Baseball, Shohei Ohtani, will become a free agent, and several teams were expected to prioritize him as their newest roster addition. But it seems that suffering the elbow injury and undergoing the surgery that will take him away from his work as a pitcher for a long period of time has made more than one franchise rethink whether it will be their priority.

The New York Mets seem to be betting on the future with Japanese player Yoshinobu Yamamoto, rather than Ohtani, who in his last season wore the Los Angeles Angels jersey.