David Stearns won’t have Yoshinobu Yamamoto to build around.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/12/22/sports/yoshinobu-yamamoto-whiff-more-disastrous-for-mets-than-yankees/

The team has been to free agent starters Jordan Montgomery and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Source: https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2023/11/17/mlb-red-sox-mariners-trade-luis-urias-isaiah-campbell-pitcher/

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 25, has been the best pitcher in Japanese baseball the past three seasons and is being courted by the Yankees, the Mets and other clubs.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/business/shohei-ohtani-contract-dodgers.html

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, expected to be a top Red Sox free agent target this winter, is finishing up another excellent season in Japan.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/22/red-sox-free-agent-target-yamamoto-reaches-third-straight-japan-series/

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jordan Montgomery and Blake Snell represent three of the top starters available and Boston is expected to be heavily involved with all of them.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/03/mlb-notes-red-sox-enter-pivotal-winter-meetings-with-long-to-do-list/