New York Post columnist John Heyman said on the 11th (Korean time), “The rumor that the Yankees will limit the FA contract offer to Juan Soto to protect Aaron Judge’s pride from the average annual salary of $40 million is false,” adding, “According to an official who is familiar with the Yankees’ position, no one has said that. Rather, he wants the team to be stronger.”
What does this mean.
During the season, the Yankees’ owners, Steinbrenner, and Brian Cashman, who will definitely catch Soto who is going to the FA market at the end of this year, took the lead several times. Rumors have it that the Yankees’ final offer will not exceed the AAV Judge’s offer, although it will require the largest offer ever to renew the contract with Soto. In other words, it is fake news.
In other words, it is not unreasonable to say that the Yankees can fulfill all the conditions that Soto wants. If you watch your team rank No. 1 in the American League this year with a career high and raise your team to the postseason with more than 40 million dollars in AAV, you are not the Yankees.
Two years ago, the Yankees held the FA Judge for nine years, $360 million and AAV for $40 million. The prevailing view is that Soto will invest much more than that. 먹튀검증
Heyman said, “The Yankees will make a big offer to Soto. One senior official said the Mets, Giants, and Blue Jays will compete with the Yankees,” adding, “Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would like to be in the same lineup as Judge, and the Giants and Blue Jays also asked for Soto when the Yankees and Padres agreed on a win-win trade last winter. Personally, I don’t think the Dodgers should be excluded.”
It is expected that the New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets, the San Francisco Giants, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will actively jump into the FA Soto scramble.
In the midst of this, reports that a certain team will make a huge offer to Soto attract attention. Local media NJ.com published an article titled “Soto’s friend unveiled an amazing team preparing for an astronomical offer” on the 12th.
The veteran player, who shared a meal with Soto’s previous team, recently contacted Soto and revealed his conversation, and the agents of the two players are the same Scott Boras.
According to the media, the player said, “I heard directly from my ears that the Blue Jays are reviewing astronomical proposals,” and added, “The Blue Jays, who were disappointed this year, will spend a lot of money this offseason to advance to the playoffs next year. In particular, I heard that the team’s leadership plans to renew the contract with Guerrero Jr. (FA) at the end of next year and recruit Soto at the highest price in Major League history without a suspension of payment.”
He added, “The Blue Jays expect Soto to fit the team perfectly and do what he did with Judge this year in the Yankees with Guerrero Jr.”
However, it remains to be seen whether Soto will accept the offer, no matter how big Toronto offers. “I did that. Don’t go to a club that can’t win. But I don’t know where he will go. Who knows? 500 million dollars is too low. It will start with 6. He is 25 years old now. Soto will not accept such things as a grace period. I think he will sign a contract for 15 years, or 600 million dollars, for AAV 40 million dollars.”
