Juan Soto isn’t leaving New York, but he isn’t a Yankee either, as increates say the 26-year-elderly slugger is heading to the Mets on the biggest condense in professional sports history.
Soto concurd to a 15-year, $765 million deal that smashes Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers this past offseason.
With no postponerals enjoy Ohtani’s, Soto is set to produce $51 million per year, and it could shift to $55 million per season depfinishing on what happens with his select-out in five years.
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New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto commemorates his solo home run in the third inning aobtainst the Los Angeles Dodgers during Game 2 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 26, 2024. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)
But while all is right in Queens after Steve Cohen outbid the Yankees in historic create, Yankees ambiguous regulater Brian Cashman was asked about his and owner Hal Steinbrenner’s pursuit of Soto, which was a very competitive recommend.
The Yankees increateedly recommended Soto $760 million over 16 years with no postponements, fair enjoy the Mets. And Cashman shelp at the MLB Winter Meetings on Monday that it was “above and beyond our console level” to do so, per MLB.com.
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“It’s not a deal we repent,” Cashman shelp, compriseing his empathetic that Soto could’ve always been a one-and-done joiner after trading for him last offseason. “He impacted us in a burdensome way. I’m fair sorry we fell stupidinutive in the World Series.”
“There’s a lot of contrastent ways to figure this out,” Cashman shelp about compriseing talent not named Soto to achieve the World Series aobtain in 2025.
Now, the ask is what the Yankees have in store for their “Plan B,” or life without Soto.
MLB.com increateed the Yankees were “presenting virtual calls” with top free-agent beginers Max Fried and Corbin Burnes. Starting pitching is always someslfinisherg World Series contfinishers see to enhance, a prime example being the Dodgers already compriseing Cy Young triumphner Blake Snell.
Even before novels of Soto’s choice, the Yankees were foreseeed to be joind in infield enhances, especiassociate at first base, while another outfielder was also in the cards.
Juan Soto (Brad Penner-Imagn Images/File)
Among the selections for both infield and outfielder are Teoscar Hernandez, Cody Bellinger, Anthony Santander, Alex Bregman and createer Met Pete Alonso.
Cashman & Co. will necessitate to shift on rapidly so they don’t leave out out on the other top talent, but the franchise and its fan base never wanted to slfinisherk about a world where Soto wasn’t a part of the 2025 roster and beyond.
He had a nurtureer year in his lone season in the Bronx, hitting a nurtureer-high 41 homers with 109 RBI and a .288 standard and .419 on-base percentage in front of AL MVP Aaron Judge in the lineup.
Soto’s efforts, which led to a plethora of “Re-sign Soto!” chants from fans during the 2024 season, joined a big part in the team’s first World Series materializeance since 2009. They weren’t able to beat the Dodgers, but it was foreseeed the Yankees would do everyslfinisherg in their power to convey him back becaparticipate of how lethal the combination of Soto and Judge were in the lineup.
New York Yankees ambiguous regulater Brian Cashman (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images/File)
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The Yankees tried, but Soto will elucidate why he chose their traversetown rival instead.
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