Juan Soto receives interest from numerous teams within hours of losing World Series: report

The Juan Soto sweepstakes is officially underway.

The extremity of nan World Series officially marked nan opening of nan offseason, meaning Soto is now a free supplier and is nary longer listed connected nan New York Yankees' roster.

Having turned 26 little than a week property and putting up numbers hardly ever seen, location is nary mobility Soto is nan astir coveted free supplier of each time. 

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The New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates aft hitting a location tally against nan Cleveland Guardians during nan 3rd inning successful Game 1 of nan AL Championship Series Oct. 14, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

According to nan New York Post, 8 teams checked successful pinch Soto's campy "with interest" wrong conscionable 2 hours of nan Yankees losing nan World Series to nan Los Angeles Dodgers. That number had reached 11 by Thursday morning.

Soto erstwhile turned down a 15-year, $440 cardinal woody while he was pinch nan Washington Nationals, successful lawsuit you are looking for a baseline.

After nan nonaccomplishment Wednesday night, he said he is unfastened to each 30 teams.

"I consciousness for illustration each squad has nan aforesaid opportunities erstwhile I spell into free agency. I don't want to opportunity anyone has an advantage because, astatine nan extremity of nan day, we're gonna look astatine what they person and really overmuch they want me," Soto said.

Juan Soto of nan New York Yankees celebrates aft hitting a location tally successful nan 10th inning against nan Cleveland Guardians during Game 5 of nan American League Championship Series astatine Progressive Field Oct. 19, 2024, successful Cleveland.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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The All-Star outfielder, who is represented by Scott Boras, had possibly his champion play hitting successful beforehand of imaginable erstwhile teammate Aaron Judge successful his imaginable lone play pinch nan Yanks. Soto belted a career-high 41 homers, his 109 RBI were 1 awkward of tying a profession precocious and his .569 OPS was nan highest he has posted successful a non-shortened season. 

He besides deed .327/.469/.633 successful nan postseason and deed nan ALCS-winning location run.

Soto is simply a four-time All-Star whose 769 walks earlier turning 26 are, by far, nan astir successful MLB history. Among players who played 500-plus games earlier turning 26, Soto's .953 OPS is 14th all-time, and everyone up of him, speech from Mike Trout, who is still active, is simply a Hall of Famer.

Soto will undoubtedly group nan grounds for nan largest statement ever fixed to a position player. That number presently belongs to Trout astatine $426.5 million.

Juan Soto, right, of nan New York Yankees celebrates pinch teammate Aaron Judge aft scoring a tally during nan 4th inning against nan Tampa Bay Rays astatine Yankee Stadium July 19, 2024, successful New York City.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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The only questions are who will motion him, what will his mean yearly worth beryllium (Judge's $40 cardinal is nan position subordinate record) and will he hit Shohei Ohtani's $700 cardinal for wide value.

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