Yankees said to be "all in" on bidding war for Tatsuya Imai. That usually means finishing second.

Here we go, again...

They're saying what they always say, preparing to do what they always do.  

They'd never let Juan Soto go. Remember? They'd stop at nothing. He'd bonded with the team, the fans, the security guards, everything. He was a Yankee for life. 

Of course, they'd keep Luis Severino. They'd stick with Clay Holmes. They liked Gleyber Torres.  Yeesh, they even talked up Devin Williams.

They were all in on Alex Bregman. Blake Snell? Of course. They were yaya for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, fixed on Freddie Freeman, rollicking for Roki Sasaki. Most of all, they'd stop and nothing - NOTHING - to sign Shohei Ohtani. Nothing. 

Bryce Harper grew up wanting to be a Yankee. It was his destiny, his dream. Remember how he came to New York, looking to drum up a contract? They hid under their beds.

Manny Machado's wife wanted to play in NY. She grew up there. They took  them to dinner, ordered Big Macs, sent them home in an Uber. They wanted Machado, cherished the idea of him as a Yankee. But it just didn't happen - perhaps, because they never made an offer. 

That's today's Yankees. When the big fish emerges, they're "all in." But something happens. They just miss. So close. Runners-up.  

So, we're the Yankees intend to pursue 27-year-old Tatsuya Imai to the ends of the Earth. Nothing shall halt their Sherman's-March-to-the-Sea quest, their unshakable resolve to make him a Yankee. I shudder to imagine the disillusionment that other teams, other GMs, surely face when hearing the terrible news that the Yankees are in the bidding!

Exciting, eh?