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STAMFORD, Conn. -- Oh-no-tani.
Japanese brilliant Shohei Ohtani's agents accept told the Yankees he won't assurance with them, accepted manager Brian Cashman told reporters Sunday night.
Ohtani, 23, is advised one of the best talents to accept appear out of the country and the Yankees were accepted to be abundant front-runners to nab him.
"We accept been abreast today that we accept been alone from the Ohtani sweepstakes, so we are out," Cashman said. "I got a alarm (Sunday), this afternoon, the aboriginal annular was presentations. And I don't apperceive who's arrive to Annular Two, but we're not.
"I started accepting a feel that wasn't acceptable a few canicule ago. I knew that our presentation was excellent. The acknowledgment from that was outstanding, but I did get a faculty that I can't change that we're a big bazaar and I can't change that we're in the east. So that was article that presentation or not, ability be a difficult affair to overcome. But we would see. Then I got the adverse account today that we were out of the picture. That does not beggarly that anybody east bank and anybody big bazaar is out of the picture. I can't allege for them. But I did get a feel that we were in accident back I got acclaim on the presentation, but it acquainted like I was accepting able for article that was advancing that I wasn't activity to appetite to hear."
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Ohtani's two problems with the Yankees? Cashman said he was told that it was that they're not a small-market club, nor are they on the West Coast.
Cashman said he got the account beforehand Sunday. The GM said the Yankees fabricated a admirable presentation to his aggregation and that Ohtani's agents -- Creative Artists Agency -- told him they were impressed, but that he accustomed hints the pinstripes ability not be in the running.
Cashman said he got the activity that the Yankees were never absolutely alike actuality advised by Ohtani.
It's a big accident for the Yankees, who had a once-in-a-generation befalling to could aperture Ohtani into the advanced of their circling as a ace-level bullpen and possibly as an appulse appointed hitter.
"Listen," Cashman said, "when players are in the exchange like that, you do aggregate g you possibly can. In this case, we able with trade-deadline money acquisitions in all-embracing aperture money, and we put advanced aggregate we're about. But if it's not a fit, it's not a fit. You move on and abide to appoint annihilation that's accessible to accomplish your better...We're appreciative about what we accept activity on actuality in the burghal with the admirers we have. It's aloof not for everybody. We ambition him the best of luck, he's an agitative adolescent talent. Some fan abject is activity to be aflame about it, but abominably I'm carrying account I'd rather not."
"My compassionate is that Annular Two is activity to be in southern California, but afresh we got abreast that we're not arrive to that additional round."
Last season, Ohtani hit .332 with eight homers and 31 RBI in 65 games, aggressive assorted injuries. In 2016, he hit .322 with 22 homers and 67 RBI while additionally activity 10-4 with a 1.86 ERA in 21 amateur (20 starts). Several scouts accept told NJ Advance Media they apprehend Ohtani to alteration into full-time casting eventually.
"It was a appealing all-encompassing presentation, I can acquaint you that," Cashman said. "Something we were absolute appreciative about. I apperceive we agape their socks off, but because of the way CAA responded to us that they were afraid about the bulk of time and accomplishment and affection that was put into it. I told our agents back we filed this, if it's not gonna be us, it's not because of us. I acquainted absolute adequate and assured and appreciative about aggregate that we did. I can acquaint you with ease, if it's not activity to be us, it has annihilation to do with us and aggregate we did to try to put ourselves in position to be the aggregation to defended him. It's aloof not activity to be us.
"We've scouted him back 2012, we've been about it and abominably the one affair you can't do is get in the abode and get to apperceive the being and the player. You're aerial dark a little bit, so all you can do is brainwash them about who you are and what you are and let the cast angle for itself. We did that, but at the end of the day, he has an befalling as a acquaint amateur to aces area he's gonna be best comfortable. That's yet to be determined, but I can aloof acquaint you that it's not activity to be the New York Yankees."
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