What’s next for Yankees and their starting rotation without Yoshinobu Yamamoto?

That is unquestionably the very thing that the New York Yankees were asking themselves in the wake of learning they weren't the most noteworthy bidder (or even the second-most noteworthy) in the sweepstakes for Japanese star right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who consented to a record-breaking 12-year, $325-million agreement from the Los Angeles Dodgers, The Athletic affirmed. The arrangement was first announced by YES Organization's Jack Curry. The New York Mets likewise offered the 25-year-old the same amount of cash, as indicated by The Athletic's Will Sammon, and the Yankees' offered was at $300 million, as per a leauge source 

 

Now what?

That’s surely what the New York Yankees were asking themselves after learning they weren’t the highest bidder (or even the second-highest) in the sweepstakes for Japanese star right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who agreed to a record-breaking 12-year, $325-million contract from the Los Angeles Dodgers, The Athletic confirmed. The deal was first reported by YES Network’s Jack Curry. The New York Mets also offered the 25-year-old just as much money, according to The Athletic’s Will Sammon, and the Yankees’ bid was at $300 million, according to a leauge source.

Yamamoto’s total salary, which included a $50-million signing bonus and no deferrals, set a new record for the most money given to a starting pitcher. It bested the previous high of $324 million, which the Yankees gave ace Gerrit Cole for nine years.

On Thursday, manager Aaron Boone said that the Yankees hoped they were able to sell themselves to Yamamoto in their two meetings with him through their rich history and their experience with Japanese stars such as Ichiro Suzuki and Masahiro Tanaka. They played a recorded video from Hideki Matsui, and gave Yamamoto his own No. 18 Yankees jersey.

Turns out, it’ll probably end up in the back of a closet in Yamamoto’s future L.A. mansion.

So, where do the Yankees go from here?

Thinking about the boos Yoshinobu Yamamoto is going to get when the Dodgers arrive at Yankee Stadium from June 7 to June 9.