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Juan Soto Value $600M Yankees Contract After ALCS Heroics Amid MLB Free Company Rumor

Erik Beaston October 20, 2024 Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images A wise man once said, “you get what you pay for.” This offseason, the eyes of the baseball will be on free agent Juan Soto and exactly how much the winning bidder will pay for the 26-year-old All-Star who slugged the New York Yankees

Juan Soto Value $600M Yankees Contract After ALCS Heroics Amid MLB Free Company Rumor

Erik BeastonOctober 20, 2024

CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 19:  Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees celebrates on the field after defeating the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the ALCS presented by loanDepot to advance to the 2024 Major League Baseball World Series at Progressive Field on Saturday, October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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A sensible man as soon as mentioned, “you get what you pay for.”

This offseason, the eyes of the baseball shall be on free agent Juan Soto and precisely how a lot the successful bidder can pay for the 26-year-old All-Star who slugged the New York Yankees to the World Sequence with a tenth-inning residence run Saturday evening in Cleveland.

The New York Put up’s Jon Heyman reported the brand new “whisper quantity” for Soto is $600 million. That will make it the second-highest contract within the sport’s historical past behind Shohei Ohtani’s large $700 million deal signed final yr.

A unicorn of types in that he’s a free agent within the prime of his profession and coming off the perfect season of an already acclaimed profession.

Soto delivered profession highs in residence runs (41), hits (166), and runs (128). These 128 hits additionally led the American League.

That he got here by with the most important hit of his Yankees tenure when the workforce wanted it, cashing their ticket to the World Sequence and giving the Bronx Bombers their first alternative to compete for probably the most coveted prize in skilled baseball, solely accentuated how important a yr he has had and the way a lot he’ll command when he hits the market.

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The New York Yankees will determine to have the within edge on retaining Soto’s companies for years to return however is not going to be with out competitors. ESPN’s Buster Olney has already expressed his perception that the right-fielder will signal with the across-town Mets on his Baseball Tonight podcast.

USA At present’s Bob Nightengale reported that the Phillies are anticipated to bid on Soto, too. As are the Toronto Blue Jays.

There shall be loads of groups which can be shut on cash or outright have the funds to make the deal occur and, if Heyman’s reported quantity is in reality the start line for any deal that Soto places pen to paper on, he could have earned each greenback of it.

In a season when he had a lot to show after a stint in San Diego that didn’t go as he or possession anticipated, he excelled and has the Yankees prepared so as to add one other World Sequence title to probably the most embellished group in MLB.

Whether or not the championship expertise and profession highs are sufficient to persuade Soto to return again to the Yankees, or if a high-dollar paycheck from the Mets or another potential suitor is sufficient to lure him away, is the query.

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