{"id":6370,"date":"2024-11-11T23:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6370"},"modified":"2024-11-11T23:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:01:28","slug":"yankees-juan-soto-predicted-to-land-record-setting-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6370","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Juan Soto Predicted to Land Record-Setting Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181078644-e1731337328385.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181078644-e1731337328385.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181078644-e1731337328385.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181078644-e1731337328385.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Juan Soto Predicted to Land Record-Setting Deal\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Juan Soto flexing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees must know the ballpark of what Juan Soto is looking for in MLB free agency. Is that number $550 million? Could it be as high as $650 million? Is there a scenario where he\u2019s looking at $700 million? Those will all be answered this winter, perhaps one of the biggest questions in baseball history.<\/p>\n<p>Soto is well worth the price when factoring in his age and production, but nonetheless, there\u2019s a lot of money on the table here.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest prediction from Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report, the slugger landed a record-breaking AAV deal. Soto\u2019s contract prediction came out to $658 million over 14 seasons.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFor as much as everyone would like to sign Juan Soto, the market may end up being relatively limited for a player Jon Heyman of\u00a0<i>The New York Post<\/i>\u00a0recently said is hoping to get\u00a0$700 million in free agency. There\u2019s only a few ownership groups willing to spend that type of money, even for a 26-year-old who is probably the most enticing free agent since Alex Rodriguez hit the open market after the 2000 season\u2026<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSoto began his career with the Nationals, winning a World Series with D.C. in 2019. He had a detour with the Padres for a year-and-a-half. But the second he put on the Yankees pinstripes, it just felt like he was always meant to play in New York,\u201d Kelly wrote on November 11.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Difficult to Imagine\u2019 Soto Leaving the Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>After Soto\u2019s success in his first season with the New York Yankees, it seems wise that the two continue their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>However, if it comes down to money, issues could arise. A team or two might be willing to make Soto the highest-paid player in MLB history, which could hurt the Yankees\u2019 chances of re-signing him.<\/p>\n<p>While that\u2019s a real possibility, Soto leaving the Yankees after the showing he had for the team would be surprising. There\u2019s a reason he\u2019s worth this type of money, and the Yankees have to be willing to pay him for that.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, the numbers speak for themself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his first season with the Yankees, he put up the finest campaign in a career that\u2019s probably already headed to Cooperstown, hitting 41 home runs with 109 RBI, a .989 OPS and a career-high 8.1 WAR. Considering he also sent the Yankees to the World Series with an epic at-bat that culminated in a go-ahead home run against the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the ALCS, it\u2019s difficult to imagine the Yankees letting him out the door,\u201d Kelly wrote.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Is Soto the Best Free Agent Ever?<\/h2>\n<p>There have been a few incredible free agents in recent winters and throughout the free agency era. However, Soto might be the best game ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>It likely comes down to a few players, but in recent memory, only Shohei Ohtani has similar value. With Ohtani being a pitcher when he\u2019s healthy, he might have the edge over Soto.<\/p>\n<p>If he doesn\u2019t end up throwing on the bump and becomes a full-time hitter, Soto might be the better player, but it\u2019d be close enough to have the argument either way.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Conahan covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. Since 2019, his sports coverage has appeared at Sports Illustrated, oddschecker, ClutchPoints and Sportskeeda. More about Jon Conahan<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees were predicted to give superstar Juan Soto a record-breaking contract to return in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6370","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees&#039; Juan Soto Predicted to Land Record-Setting Deal - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6370\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees&#039; 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