This opens the door for smaller market teams to remain in contention while leaving the Yankees and other big-market clubs no guarantees. Sasaki has long admired Masahiro Tanaka, a former Yankees ...

The last high-profile free agent to sign with the Yankees out of Japan remains righty Masahiro Tanaka, who took a seven-year, $155-million deal before the 2014 season. Sasaki was said to have been ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition ...

The New York Yankees couldn't lure Roki Sasaki to the Bronx despite the fact they possessed a key advantage no other team did ...