Superstar slugger Juan Soto is the most coveted free agent of the 2024-25 offseason and one of the most alluring free agents ever. That’s because he’s produced at an exceptionally high level in every season of his MLB career, and he’s also still just 26 years of age. That sustained excellence in tandem with his youth means Soto is very likely going to continue churning out MVP-caliber numbers for years to come.
He’s coming off a 2024 campaign for the New York Yankees in which he put up a 178 OPS+ with 41 home runs in 157 games and more walks than strikeouts. Those lofty numbers aren’t out of step with the rest of Soto’s career. He’s an on-base machine, and he has a rare blend of batted-ball authority and plate discipline. He’s a generational talent in the truest sense of the term, and he’s about to be paid like it. Already, Soto reportedly has multiple offers in excess of $600 million, and it’s not out of the question that he’ll top Shohei Ohtani’s record $700 million pact with the Los Angeles Dodgers — likely without all the heavy deferrals.
At this juncture, Soto has had face-to-face meetings with all five of the leading contenders for his services: the incumbent Yankees, big-spending Steve Cohen and the New York Mets, Ohtani’s Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. The expectation, then, is that one of those five teams will wind up securing Soto’s services for the next decade-plus, and any reading of the tea leaves lands on the Yankees and Mets as co-favorites. By all accounts, he could make his decision any day now.
To keep you up to speed on how the Soto negotiations progress through the final stages — and maybe even bring us a plot twist or two — we’re here to provide you with every bit of credible scuttle and rumors that drop between now and the time Soto comes to terms with his team of choice. You can find all of that just below.
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