{"id":405,"date":"2024-10-25T22:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2024-10-25T22:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:44:44","slug":"juan-soto-makes-clear-what-he-wants-from-next-team-with-yankees-future-still-murky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"HOT NEWS: Juan Soto makes clear what he wants from next team with Yankees future still murky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Juan Soto authored what might have been the greatest offensive season of a great offensive career thus far.<\/p>\n<p>His 41 home runs were a career high.<\/p>\n<p>His ALCS-winning home run in Cleveland was one of those forever moments that is a reminder of why he is in pinstripes.<\/p>\n<p>But to truly make his mark on the Yankees, he believes he will have to do more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have one more step to go,\u201d Soto said Thursday, the eve of Game 1 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. \u201cYou can be the best player, you can do whatever you want. But at the end of the day, people remember you if you win a World Series and what you did for that team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nationals fans will remember Soto for the magical 2019 ride to a championship \u2014 and for letting him slip away.<\/p>\n<p>Yankees fans hope that Soto, about as potent a hired gun as baseball has seen, becomes more than that.<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, Soto danced his way out of questions concerning a future that will make him a wildly rich individual.<\/p>\n<p>He said the impending free agency, which likely will see him become the owner of the second-largest contract in baseball history (behind LA\u2019s Shohei Ohtani), has not weighed on him in part because super-agent Scott Boras is handling everything.<\/p>\n<p>By all accounts, including Soto\u2019s, the Yankees have ensured that the pending free agent has enjoyed his stay in The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Soto thanked his teammates, coaches and a culture that has made him feel welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been one of the most fun years I\u2019ve ever played,\u201d said Soto, who turns 26 on Friday. \u201cThis team has been unbelievable. It\u2019s just amazing how we get along together, how we have fun in the moment..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will that fun help tilt the odds in the Yankees\u2019 favor?<\/p>\n<p>Would he value the enjoyment over the financial bottom line?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Follow The Post\u2019s coverage of the Yankees in the postseason:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aaron Judge can rid himself of Dodger Stadium and playoff demons in one fell swoop<\/li>\n<li>Sherman: Gerrit Cole pitching for his Yankees \u2014 and baseball \u2014 legacy<\/li>\n<li>Heyman: Dodgers had to take a chance the Yankees couldn\u2019t stomach<\/li>\n<li>Yankees outfielder has extra World Series motivation: \u2018I was upset\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Soto did not answer directly but made it clear he wants to play where he can win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely every player wants to be happy with where they\u2019re at,\u201d Soto said. \u201cAt the end of the day, whenever you win, you\u2019re really going to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Happiness probably comes easier if the fan base has fallen in love with you. Fans in the right-field bleachers \u2014 and elsewhere \u2014 often have chanted \u201cRe-sign Soto\u201d in pleas to the Yankees front office, and probably to the player, too.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Juan Soto takes batting practice during Media Day on Oct. 24, 2024, the eve of the 2024 MLB World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers. JASON SZENES\/NEW YORK POST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really thankful for them,\u201d said Soto, who added he appreciates that the fans have had his back all year.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually everything in his only guaranteed season in The Bronx has lived up to the cloud-level expectations.<\/p>\n<p>For the fairy-tail ending, though, Soto would need to deliver on the biggest stage, which arrives Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees publicly have not placed any pressure on a Soto commitment, manager Aaron Boone again saying that thoughts concerning Soto\u2019s future are \u201cfor another day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time comes and this is all over,\u201d Aaron Judge said, \u201che\u2019ll make the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yankees fans hope that Soto, about as potent a hired gun as baseball has seen, becomes more than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,23,26,24,27],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-juan-soto","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-world-series"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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