New York Mets 'among 11 teams in for Yankees free agent Juan Soto... and his new deal could top $700MILLION'

Juan Soto is nan most-wanted man successful shot aft nan conclusion of nan 2024 season, pinch up to a twelve teams willing successful snapping up nan New York Yankees free agent.

It is not a matter of if, but really and erstwhile Soto cashes successful pinch 1 of nan biggest contracts successful sports history arsenic respective Major League Baseball teams look to get his services.

The incumbent Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets are among 11 teams successful pursuit of nan 26-year-old, per nan New York Post. 

Although an nonstop fig cannot beryllium discussed for what his adjacent statement will beryllium worth, semipermanent stableness and marketplace worth will group nan price. Expectations are that a woody could adjacent $700million. 

This besides whitethorn not beryllium a script for illustration Shohei Ohtani's monster woody pinch nan Dodgers, of which 97 percent is deferred. This will alternatively beryllium consecutive cash, possibly pinch immoderate added incentives.

Big-market teams that tin triumph now are apt to person a amended wrong way to landing Soto, for illustration nan Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays, per The Post. 

Some easy teams that tin beryllium eliminated from nan Soto sweepstakes are nan Athletics, White Sox, and Rockies, who are arguably nan league's three-worst teams and each person payrolls extracurricular MLB's apical 10. 

Not excessively galore others tin beryllium taken retired astatine this early age, pinch 2 'smaller-market' teams besides among nan 11 non-Yankees teams attempting to motion nan lefty hitter.

Soto gave a somber question and reply aft nan Yankees' Game 5 nonaccomplishment to nan Dodgers that clinched nan title for Los Angeles.

'I'm really happy pinch nan city, pinch nan team, really these guys do, but astatine nan extremity of nan day, we will see,' he admitted. 'We're going to look astatine each situation, each connection that we get and make a determination from there.

'I don't cognize what are nan teams that want to travel aft me, but definitely, I'll beryllium unfastened to perceive to each azygous team. I don't person immoderate doors closed aliases thing for illustration that. So, I'm going to beryllium disposable to each 30 teams.'

The outfielder did not opportunity nan Yankees had an advantage aft he played for them successful 2024, but did opportunity he enjoyed his clip successful nan Bronx. 

The Yankees not being capable to clasp Soto would beryllium rather nan gut-punch for nan franchise that exceedingly underwhelmed during nan World Series.