The future of Juan Soto seems to get further and further away from New York Yankees and approach free agency to sign a big contract. Several reports indicate that the owner of the Mets, Steve Cohenhas between his eyebrows signing the Dominican.
Apparently money wouldn’t be a problem. It is said that Cohen would be willing to pay whatever it takes to bring about Soto across New York. This scenario is also supported by the network’s journalist ESPN Luis Alfredo Álvarez.
The Venezuelan considers that at this moment the Mets They have more financial power available to sign players. He even dared to predict that he will be a player for the Mets for the 2025 season.
“I’m going to say something. The Yankees team has 1.5 billion dollars. While the Mets They have 27.5 billion. For me it remains New Yorkbut with the Mets. The Yankees are going to be in the bidding, but the Mets They are going to give him $600 million. The Yankees “They said they don’t want to burst their savings account,” he said.
The last thing that was known is that the 26-year-old player would have received a qualifying offer from the Yankees. It would have been $21 million dollars. Although as has happened with 90% of the players one step away from free agency who receive this proposal, he may end up rejecting it.
The most sought-after free agents have historically rejected the proposal. Only 13 of 131 players have accepted a qualifying offer since it was presented after the 2012 season. Last year, all seven players who submitted the deal, worth $20.325 million, rejected it.
Soto is coming off a year in which he hit 41 home runs, drove in 109 runs and averaged .288, a contribution that led to the Yankees to the World Series for the first time in the last 15 years.
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