⚾️ The Juan Soto Bidding War
- The Daily Stump
- Nov 21, 2024
- 2 min read
The other day, Juan Soto officially declined his qualifying offer from the Yankees, making him an unrestricted free agent, so who is best positioned to sign the 26-year-old phenom?
We’ll work through each team that’s been rumored and where they stand…
New York Mets: All early signs have indicated that the OTHER New York franchise has been the leader in the Soto sweepstakes. The Mets came one series away from making the World Series last year after getting sizzling hot in the summer and just never really cooling off. The Mets owner Steve Cohen has not been shy about his willingness to spend big bucks to bring stars to his organization. The Mets would have an outstanding one-two punch with Soto and SS Francisco Lindor if they are able to sign him.
Toronto Blue Jays: The baseball world was shocked when senior MLB insider, John Heymen, came out and said that the Blue Jays had really impressed Soto in their meeting and currently stand as the team with the second-best odds of signing Soto. Blue Jays first baseman and star Vlad Guerrero Jr. have a really good relationship. More importantly, the Blue Jays have the ability to pay him the most money, which could potentially exceed $700m in total contract value. Will Soto stay in the AL East and haunt the rest of the division?
New York Yankees: The Yankees rented Soto for last year’s season in an offseason trade with the Padres. Soto, Judge, and Stanton combined to make one of the most formidable lineups in recent baseball history. Soto lived up to the billing and became a star in New York. Soto and the Yankees reportedly met yesterday, and the meeting went “good”, according to Yankees ownership. That isn’t necessarily a resounding vote of confidence that Soto will be back with the Yankees. Heymen reports the Yanks may be the third most likely team.
Boston Red Sox: Soto and Boston met early last week, reports coming out of it said the meeting went very well. I’m not buying it. The Sox have proved time and time again the last few years that they are not willing to spend money like that, so this one may be out of their price zone.
LA Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies: These two have kind of been on the outside looking in on this one. I wouldn't necessarily count them out, but there hasn’t been much traction on this one. The Dodgers apparently have a meeting set up in the coming days, and the Phillies have just recently came into the fold, so it may be too late.
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