Intriguing Japanese pitcher has caught the Yankees’ eye

ATLANTA — At the Yankees’ professional scouting meetings a couple of weeks ago, team officials discussed “dozens and dozens” of free agents as they prepared for this offseason, Hal Steinbrenner said. Among that group, the Yankees’ managing general partner divulged, was someone who isn’t quite a free agent yet: Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. “I saw…