“Yoshinobu Yamamoto  had dinner at Cohen’s house.”

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is being talked about getting a free agent contract worth around $300 million even though he hasn't pitched a single pitch in the major leagues. Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) is the biggest free agent at this point in his recruiting campaign. Bleacher Report said on the 17th (Korean time) that the teams suited for Yamamoto are the Boston Red Sox, LA Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, and San Francisco Giants. 스포츠토토

In fact, these clubs appear to have participated in Yamamoto's posting. It must be assumed that there has been at least one contact. The Athletic's Jim Borden also reported that San Francisco and Boston proposed a contract worth around $300 million. In this situation, it was reported that the Mets, who had been sending love calls for a long time, were making a move.

Bleacher Report reported on the 18th, “Yamamoto had dinner at team owner Steve Cohen’s house. Team owner Cohen said, “We are operating a full-court press to recruit Yamamoto.” The New York Post said, “Cohen treated Yamamoto, including the Mets players, to a dinner held at his home on the night of the 17th.”

As Cohen treated the Mets players to a meal, it appears that he naturally invited Yamamoto as well. The specific conversation between the two was not reported. If you were with the Mets players, you should see it as a time of natural friendship rather than deep conversation. 

There is no possibility that Cohen will engage in direct negotiations anyway. It should be said that the team's leadership took charge of the practical work, and that Cohen called Yamamoto along with the Mets players to ease the burden. An invitation to a private meal may be burdensome for Yamamoto. And the thing called ‘Bobjeong’ is secretly scary.

Yamamoto started posting earlier than Jeong-hoo Lee (25, San Francisco Giants), but the time for negotiation and consideration is lengthening. Unlike the Korea-US posting system, the US-Japan posting system is negotiable for 45 days. However, since postings began on the 21st of last month and the deadline is January 4th of next year, there are also reports that a decision on the destination is imminent. The prevailing view is that it will be announced around the Christmas holidays.