{"id":11381,"date":"2024-11-26T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2024-11-26T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:22:09","slug":"yankees-plan-b-to-juan-soto-involves-3-free-agents-1-blockbuster-trade-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=11381","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 Plan B to Juan Soto Involves 3 Free Agents, 1 Blockbuster Trade: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees would like nothing more than to kick off their offseason by re-signing superstar outfielder Juan Soto.<\/p>\n<p>If they can&#8217;t, they reportedly have a much less straightforward Plan B.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported Monday that the Yankees would seek multiple positions to upgrade if they cannot sign Soto, who is expected to command the largest contract of any free agent this offseason \u2014 if not ever.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are one of five teams (along with the New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers) who have already met with Soto in Southern California this month. The teams who lose the Soto derby will, in theory, have plenty of money to spend elsewhere on their 2025 rosters.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.webp?w=790&amp;f=eec9db3f35ffa303528d81758560f212 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.jpg?w=790&amp;f=eec9db3f35ffa303528d81758560f212 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.webp?w=900&amp;f=2035436bae084d07757e0dcfd22ecdba 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.jpg?w=900&amp;f=2035436bae084d07757e0dcfd22ecdba 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.webp?w=790&amp;f=eec9db3f35ffa303528d81758560f212 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.jpg?w=790&amp;f=eec9db3f35ffa303528d81758560f212 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.webp?w=450&amp;f=e6d7fccd4f251b0825ca9c102135f110 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.jpg?w=450&amp;f=e6d7fccd4f251b0825ca9c102135f110 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.webp?w=1200&amp;f=7e04f6a399adbd25f3f201234e6a9460\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2529833\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2529833\/new-york-yankees-juan-soto.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=7e04f6a399adbd25f3f201234e6a9460\" alt=\"Yankees' Plan B to Juan Soto? 3 Free Agents, 1 Blockbuster Trade: Report\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span id=\"short-cap-description\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; OCTOBER 26: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run as they play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning during Game&#8230;<\/span>Harry How\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the Yankees, Nightengale wrote, &#8220;one back-up plan floating around is signing free-agent first baseman Christian Walker, sign either Willy Adames or Alex Bregman to play third, shift Jazz Chisholm to second base, trade for Cubs center fielder Cody Bellinger, and then use the extra money to sign (Corbin) Burnes, (Max) Fried or (Blake) Snell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All of the free agents Nightengale listed have been connected to other teams. There&#8217;s no guarantee the Yankees will be able to pivot that smoothly away from Soto if need be.<\/p>\n<p>Neither is this a pressing concern. Buster Olney of ESPN on Twitter\/X reported teams will begin forwarding offers to Soto&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources involved in the Juan Soto talks expect the teams will begin forwarding offers this week. To date, the process has been about Soto meeting with teams\/club officials, and about those officials getting to know Soto.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buster_ESPN\/status\/1860766247312613714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The latest report offers a useful rubric for how the Soto sweepstakes might unfold. Teams that have the money to sign him will have to quickly pivot \u2014 and will have the resources to do so \u2014 if Soto signs elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>That makes the timeline for tracking Soto&#8217;s signing so important. The longer he waits to sign, the longer the teams who consider signing Soto their &#8220;Plan A&#8221; will ostensibly wait to go about the rest of their offseason business. That could effectively serve as a damper pedal on baseball&#8217;s already notoriously slow-developing free-agent market.<\/p>\n<p>Soto was instrumental in helping the Yankees return to the World Series for the first time since 2009. Batting ahead of American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge, he hit 41 homers, scored an AL-leading 128 runs, drove in 109, and reached base at a .419 clip in his first season in the Bronx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees would like nothing more than to kick off their offseason by re-signing superstar outfielder Juan Soto. 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