It feels like All-Star outfielder Juan Soto will not dedicate his long-term future to the New York Yankees anytime quickly after he joined them from the San Diego Padres by way of a commerce introduced late Wednesday evening.
“Individuals have puzzled would he signal an extension with the Yankees someday this winter,” ESPN MLB insider Buster Olney mentioned about Soto through the newest version of the “Baseball Is not Boring” podcast, as shared by Ryan Gilbert of Audacy. “I believe there’s little-to-no likelihood of that. I believe he’s seeking to have a launch yr and change into subsequent winter’s Shohei Ohtani.”
Whereas SNY’s Andy Martino reported earlier within the week that Yankees proprietor Hal Steinbrenner is keen to lift the membership’s payroll “to greater than $300M for the primary time” to pay the likes of Soto and Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto when big-money gamers reminiscent of Aaron Choose are already on the books, Yankees senior vp and common supervisor Brian Cashman revealed on Thursday he hadn’t “had any conversations relating to” an extension with Soto.
Soto is ready to change into a free agent after the 2024 season and certain will ink a deal bigger than the nine-year, $360M contract Choose signed final December. As for Ohtani, the two-way famous person could be near placing pen to paper on an settlement worth round $600M that may or may not come from the Toronto Blue Jays.
Steinbrenner retained each Cashman and supervisor Aaron Boone after the Yankees missed the playoffs for the primary time since 2016, however Boone solely has a year left on his contract that features a membership possibility for 2025. Olney steered that Boone and/or Cashman presumably being on the recent seat is one cause why the Yankees “needed to” commerce for Soto even when the 25-year-old technically is a one-year rental as of the second full weekend of December.
“I believe the Yankees are below lots of strain after a disastrous yr,” Olney defined. “They’re pushing all of the chips in the course of the desk for 2024 which is Aaron Boone’s final yr below contract as supervisor of the Yankees.”
