Roki Sasaki won’t be coming to The Bronx this season.
The Yankees have been told the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander won’t be signing with them, The Post confirmed.
The news was first reported by the YES Network.
The Yankees had been among the group of teams that met with the free agent, along with the Mets, Dodgers, Padres, Cubs, Rangers and Giants — although the Giants are also said to be out of the running.
The Athletic reported Monday Sasaki met with the Blue Jays, as well.
Since the hard-throwing Sasaki isn’t 25, he’s classified by MLB as an international amateur and therefore teams are limited to their international bonus pool in terms of what they can offer him.
“He’s obviously a tremendous talent,” Yankees GM Brian Cashman said last month of Sasaki, whom he saw pitch in Japan. “It’d be nice to have Yankee Stadium be his home, but the decision will be up to him. All we can do is share everything and anything that we can about ourselves and what we provide.”
Without Sasaki, the Yankees have a rotation of Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Carlos Rodon, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil, with Marcus Stroman owed $18 million this season.
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