The San Francisco Giants may find themselves at the forefront of the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes. The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser, as trustworthy a beat reporter as there is, reported yesterday that two rival teams that have had interest in Yamamoto believe the SF Giants "have the edge" for his services. Yamamoto, who's just 25 years old, has three plus pitches and would be a major get for the Giants. Yamamoto is expected to land a deal in the $200-300 million range.

But the biggest free agent of all, of course, remains Shohei Ohtani. And there's speculation that Ohtani was in San Francsico meeting with the Giants on Saturday. A photograph was taken of SF Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, manager Bob Melvin, and Buster Posey in very nice clothes leaving Oracle Park on Saturday. To make matters even more interesting, Ohtani followed Logan Webb on Instagram on Monday, just Ohtani's 177th follow and one of the few non-Angels players he follows.

SF Giants broadcasters Dave Flemming and Mike Krukow have also talked a big game in recent days in local media appearances. Both Flemming (on The Athletic's TK Show) and Krukow (on KNBR) spoke of the San Francisco Giants' lofty intentions and huge ambition this offseason. Krukow went so far as to say the Giants would make three major moves in the next 10 days—and he said that last Tuesday. Only time will tell if any of this actually materializes into something Giants fans can truly get excited about.

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