The Juan Soto sweepstakes is taking up baseball and it seems as if the checklist of groups with the chance to accumulate him is dwindling.
The highest two groups within the working have lengthy been assumed to be the 2 New York powerhouses: the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. These two groups had profitable conferences with the free agent celebrity this week. Two extra American League East groups, the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Crimson Sox, additionally had profitable conferences with Soto.
The Los Angeles Dodgers emerged as a sleeper group just lately, particularly after the information broke they might be assembly with Soto over the following few days as properly.
However MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand has revealed the presence of a “Good ol’ mystery club” in the Soto sweepstakes, the place he even revealed a couple of potential groups it might be.
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“One supply stated Soto had spoken with at the very least one different group apart from these which have been reported, thrusting the nice ol’ thriller membership into the equation,” Feinsand wrote. “In response to sources, different groups that would meet with Soto embody the (San Francisco) Giants, (Philadelphia) Phillies and (Tampa Bay Rays) Rays. Tampa Bay would seem like a protracted shot, significantly now that the membership might be taking part in house video games in 2025 at Steinbrenner Area in Tampa, Fla., following the injury to the Tropicana Area roof sustained final month throughout Hurricane Milton.”
The thought of a thriller group is enjoyable to comply with and enjoyable to consider, however the Soto sweepstakes will probably happen between one of many prime 5 groups which have already met with him.
Preserve a watch out for who the thriller group finally ends up being. In the event that they’re keen to supply decide outs or insane quantities of deferred cash, this thriller group may shock lots of people (myself included) within the Soto sweepstakes.
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