{"id":14750,"date":"2024-12-06T01:19:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14750"},"modified":"2024-12-06T01:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:19:20","slug":"report-juan-soto-only-has-one-excuse-on-the-planet-earth-to-leave-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14750","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Juan Soto only has \u2018one excuse on the planet Earth\u2019 to leave Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto has plenty of potential suitors as his highly anticipated free agency hit a fever pitch, but <em>almost <\/em>none of them should be the reason he leaves the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d commentator Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The Soto sweepstakes has been a conversation in just about every corner of the sports media world, and that includes ESPN\u2019s top debate show.<\/p>\n<p>Chris \u201cMad Dog\u201d Russo joined the program Wednesday for his weekly hit, and the conversation picked up when the longtime radio host said that he believes, when he went through all the logical bidders, that the Red Sox will end up with Soto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"module module--follow-with-border module--precede-with-border wp-block-nypost-editor-protected-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/3be51e91e0b06770abece6b6717ff17c\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-10.29.57-PM.png?w=884\" alt=\"Stephen A. Smith thinks there's only one team Juan Soto can justifiably join that's not the Yankees.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is wacky and I have no inside information, I think he might sign with the Red Sox,\u201d Russo said. \u201cI have a funny feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That did not sit well with Smith, particularly over the fact Russo didn\u2019t have any sourcing to back up his feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t appreciate you bringing that up if you don\u2019t have inside information,\u201d a tense Smith said. \u201cDon\u2019t be trying to jinx stuff! Don\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/102624Yankees170CW.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Juan Soto hit 41 homers for the Yankees this past season.\" \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, Smith said, in his belief, there\u2019s really only one reason for Soto to even consider leaving The Bronx, and that is for the World Series champion Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point I\u2019m making to you is this: There is only one excuse on the planet Earth for Juan Soto to leave the New York Yankees, and that\u2019s if you go to the Los Angeles Dodgers. There is no other reason to leave the Yankees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto, who is expected to land a deal north of $600 million, according to The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, also has been courted by the Mets and the riches of Steve Cohen, but Smith said there\u2019s no reason for the All-Star outfielder to leave the Yankees for the \u201cfair-weather stepchild\u201d of New York.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/102824Yankees131CW.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Juan Soto\" \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the of end the long diatribe, Smith implored Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to pick up some pitching to help improve the team.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally enough, the Yankees had meetings with both lefty Max Fried and righty Corbin Burnes this week as they await Soto\u2019s decision, The Post reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto has plenty of potential suitors as his highly anticipated free agency hit a fever pitch, but almost none of them should be the reason he&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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