NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Yankees have their meeting set with Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The club will get a face-to-face visit with the coveted Japanese right-hander and his representatives on Monday, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed Wednesday, as it tries to land the 25-year-old stud.
The Yankees have scouted Yamamoto extensively, including GM Brian Cashman flying to Japan to watch him in September and seeing him throw a no-hitter.
Many of Cashman’s top lieutenants have also been overseas to scout Yamamoto, who has three times been named the top pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Cashman and manager Aaron Boone gave Yamamoto rave reviews Tuesday, and while they are far from the only suitors for the top pitcher on the free-agent market — the Mets are also making a strong push — they seem to believe they have a real shot to land him.
Because of the rabid interest, the total price to land Yamamoto (including the posting fee) could be upwards of $300 million, per The Post’s Jon Heyman.
Cashman declined to say whether the Yankees would use former Japanese stars Hideki Matsui or Masahiro Tanaka…
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