{"id":8507,"date":"2024-11-17T20:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=8507"},"modified":"2024-11-17T20:01:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:01:01","slug":"insider-claims-yankees-top-rival-is-optmistic-in-signing-juan-soto-after-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=8507","title":{"rendered":"Insider Claims Yankees&#8217; Top Rival is &#8216;Optmistic&#8217; in Signing Juan Soto After Meeting"},"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-2179681101-e1731858904143.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-2179681101-e1731858904143.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179681101-e1731858904143.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179681101-e1731858904143.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Insider Claims Yankees' Top Rival is 'Optmistic' in Signing Juan Soto After Meeting\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Mets are very hopeful they will land Juan Soto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Mets believe they will sign New York Yankees superstar outfielder Juan Soto in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Soto\u2019s agent Scott Boras met with several interested teams in California this week. The Mets were one of the favorites to sign Soto and MLB insider Jon Hyeman of The New York Post says New York had a great meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Mets meeting, Heyman says the team is hopeful they will sign Soto away from the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high-powered gatherings are being held at an undisclosed location somewhere near Newport Beach, Calif., in a very clandestine manner. So only bits and pieces are getting out,\u201d Heyman wrote in his article. \u201cBut one person suggested the Mets are \u201chopeful\u201d \u2014 and maybe even optimistic \u2014 about their chances to win easily the biggest prize of this free-agent class. Sources say Mets baseball president David Stearns and manager Carlos Mendoza joined Cohen for the California confab, and are also said to have made a positive impression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Soto leaves the Yankees for the Mets, it would be a big blow to the Yankees. New York has made it clear they will do whatever it takes to re-sign Soto and keep him in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Insider Expects Mets to Outspend Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>A key reason why the Mets may sign Soto is due to what they can offer him.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman believes Cohen is willing to open up his wallet and outspend the other teams to sign Soto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough the Yankees are the incumbent, the Mets hold a few edges. Starting with Cohen\u2019s considerable wherewithal and his determination to bring a sustainable winner to Queens,\u201d Heyman wrote. \u201cThe Mets, who\u2019ve had MLB\u2019s highest payroll the past two seasons, also made it to the NLCS this season and appear to be on the upswing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCohen is viewed as their biggest edge, as he\u2019s shown a willingness to operate in the red, and is believed to have done so the past couple of seasons to bring a winner to Queens. Additionally, they have $150M coming off their books, which also doesn\u2019t hurt,\u201d Heyman added.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman believes Soto\u2019s deal could reach $600 million, or possibly even a non-deferred $700 million.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees Are Gung Ho to Re-Sign Soto<\/h2>\n<p>Although the Mets are optimistic they will sign Soto in free agency, Heyman says the Yankees will do whatever it takes to re-sign him.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman says the Yankees will meet with Boras on November 18 in the final meeting. According to the MLB insider, the Yankees are gung ho in trying to get a deal done with Soto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYankees baseball people are said to be \u201cgung ho\u201d to get this done. And, MLB\u2019s highest revenue team certainly should have a solid chance following Soto\u2019s generally positive season in The Bronx. The MLB owners\u2019 meetings begin Tuesday in New York,\u201d Heyman wrote. \u201cSo the Yankees will presumably be one of the last to meet with Soto, if not the last team. However, it isn\u2019t known whether that\u2019s any sort of advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto hit\u00a0.288 with 41 home runs and 109 RBIs in 157 games with the Yankees in 2024. In the playoffs, he hit .327 with 4 home runs and 9 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Shelton Cole Shelton covers the NHL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. More about Cole Shelton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets are optimistic in signing Juan Soto away from the New York Yankees following their meeting, according to an insider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8507","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>Insider Claims Yankees&#039; Top Rival is &#039;Optmistic&#039; in Signing Juan Soto After Meeting - 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=8507\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insider Claims Yankees&#039; 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