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The Dodgers did not enter this winter as the frontrunner for Soto. But it should come as little surprise that they are in the mix.<\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0are next up on the list of suitors to meet with All-Star outfielder Juan Soto, a league source confirmed to\u00a0The Athletic\u00a0on Monday. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday and first reported by MLB.com, joins the Dodgers with the\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays,\u00a0Boston Red Sox,\u00a0New York Mets\u00a0and\u00a0New York Yankees among clubs to meet with Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, in Southern California in recent days.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers did not enter this winter as the presumed frontrunner for Soto\u2019s services. But it should come as little surprise that Los Angeles is in the mix, even after committing $1.4 billion last offseason to land\u00a0Shohei Ohtani,\u00a0Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glansow, Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and others.<\/p>\n

Ohtani\u2019s 10-year, $700 million contract last winter was structured with deferrals to lower its impact on the Dodgers\u2019 competitive balance tax figure (which is a little more than $46 million annually, rather than $70 million) and his off-field impact gives the reigning World Series champions enough cash to continue to operate at the top of the market.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers are also expected to be in the mix for some of the top free-agent arms in the sport, from Corbin Burnes to Blake Snell to Max Fried and yes, Roki Sasaki.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles also has a sudden need for an outfielder. Hern\u00e1ndez is a free agent, though there is mutual interest in a reunion between the two sides after the Dodgers gave him a qualifying offer. Then there\u2019s\u00a0Mookie Betts, who is expected to move to the infield next season, which only underscores a potential need.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 brass has spoken often about creating flexibility and opportunities to pounce on superstar talents; after all, they rarely come available. The philosophy allowed them to trade for and extend Betts. It allowed them to wait out\u00a0Freddie Freeman\u2019s market in free agency. It made them an appealing landing spot for Ohtani to start last winter\u2019s spending spree.<\/p>\n

Now, another star is out on the open market. Soto, with an eye-popping resume (four-time All-Star, five-time Silver Slugger, World Series champion) at just 26 years old, presents a rare opportunity that the Dodgers already looked into when the\u00a0Washington Nationals\u00a0traded him at the 2022 deadline.<\/p>\n

Although they\u2019re not seen as the likeliest of landing spots, the Dodgers loom large over Soto\u2019s process.<\/p>\n

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