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Yankees Exec: Juan Soto Signing Mets Contract in MLB Free Company Would Be ‘Buzzkill’

Paul Kasabian Featured Columnist II October 25, 2024 Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images New York Yankees star outfielder Juan Soto is an impending free agent, and the New York Mets have been heavily connected to him as a possible landing spot. Undeniably, that would be a massive blow for the Yankees, and one front office executive had

Yankees Exec: Juan Soto Signing Mets Contract in MLB Free Company Would Be ‘Buzzkill’

Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IIOctober 25, 2024

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 24: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees reacts during batting practice on workout day ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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New York Yankees star outfielder Juan Soto is an impending free agent, and the New York Mets have been heavily connected to him as a doable touchdown spot.

Undeniably, that will be an enormous blow for the Yankees, and one entrance workplace govt had this to say on the matter to Jon Heyman of the New York Publish.

“Going from the Yankees to the Mets … that is a buzzkill,” the exec mentioned.

Soto, who simply turned 26 years previous, is a four-time All-Star. He led the American League with 128 runs whereas including 41 house runs, 109 RBI and a .989 OPS.

Soto has additionally been distinctive within the playoffs, none moreso than when he hit a three-run homer in Recreation 5 of the American League Championship Sequence to guide the Yanks to a 5-2, 10-inning win over the Cleveland Guardians. That vaulted New York to its first AL pennant in 15 years.

He landed in New York final offseason in a blockbuster commerce with the San Diego Padres. Given his large common season and playoffs, it is very doable he lands the second-richest contract in MLB historical past, behind solely Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million deal.

Heyman reported earlier in October that the brand new “whisper quantity” for Soto is $600 million. At this juncture, it would not be a shock to see Soto hit that mark, and the Mets could possibly be very keen to supply that quantity.

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Mets proprietor Steve Cohen hasn’t been shy about spending copious quantities of cash in his brief tenure. The crew notably topped MLB’s payroll list every of the previous two seasons.

In the long run, Heyman wonders if the Yanks might dangle with the Mets in a bidding conflict.

“For all of that, the Yankees need to hold him. Heck, each crew ought to need him and lots of will bid on him. However I consider Hal Steinbrenner is critical about attempting to attract the Yankees down from a $300 million-plus payroll, and so he’ll in all probability say ‘Uncle’ in a mano-a-mano bidding conflict with Uncle Stevie. However will Cohen go all-out? He ought to.”

We’ll discover out quickly sufficient how critical the Mets are keen to get to pry Soto from the Yanks. In fact, he ought to produce other suitors as properly. The San Francisco Giants have been talked about as a suitor, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. And a number of MLB.com reporters posited the Washington Nationals, Soto’s previous crew.

Soto as soon as turned down a 15-year, $440 million contract to stay with the Nationals earlier than he was later traded to San Diego. That turned out to be a sensible monetary transfer, as he’ll be making much more than that this offseason.

The query is from whom, however proper now, Soto and the Yankees are targeted on successful the franchise’s first World Sequence since 2009, starting Friday for Recreation 1 on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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