I guess the latest Shohei free-agency rumor is from Jon Heyman claiming that the Red Sox are a “real threat.“

It’s been pretty amusing to see the daily reports that this team or that one is seriously interested in Ohtani, or is a “dark horse” candidate to sign him, etc. etc. etc.

I’m not sure how much credence to put in anything reported by Jon Heyman, but what’s especially funny is that I get a Google News alert every day for “Shohei Ohtani.” Today, there was the link to Heyman’s story in the NYPost, and nine other links spreading Heyman’s “insider reporting.”

It’s kind of laughable how one anonymous story becomes “people are saying…”