Juan Soto, Free Agent

[Natsinpwc]

apparently the Rays made a serious run at Freeman a few years ago as well. I guess with Soto they think he would fill the new ballpark.

Perfect for Boras. Use a team you don’t want to go to in order to drive up the price. Just like Judge did with the Giants.

[imref]

There was something on the local news this morning about the city of at Pete fixing the Trop. Didn’t see it though.

there was a report a couple of days ago that the city planned on spending money for temporary repairs and water remediation to prevent further damage to things like the scoreboard and other in-stadium electronics. Nothing on the roof from what i've seen. I'll post in the Rays stadium thread.

[Senatorswin]

Per Heyman: the following teams have reached out to Soto: The Rays, Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Giants, Blue Jays and Red Sox.

No Nationals on that list

The Rays???

The Red Sox are for show for their fans. They're not putting that kind of money up anymore but they want their fans to think they're still in the hunt.

[Slateman]

I wonder if they try to get him on a really short, but high AAV deal. Like 3 years, 180 million. He becomes a free agent before he turns 30, and still can sign a big deal.

[imref]

I wonder if they try to get him on a really short, but high AAV deal. Like 3 years, 180 million. He becomes a free agent before he turns 30, and still can sign a big deal.

not sure why he'd want to do that when it's likely other teams will over 13 year deals for over $600 million.

[Senatorswin]

Not sure how Soto feels about it but Harper said the free agent experience was so unpleasant he never wanted to do it again so that's why he did the no opt-out clause. Of course I think he's regretting that now.

[imref]

FWIW:

Daniel Judgeaport
@thejudgedan
·
Nov 11
BREAKING: Former NY #Yankees OF Juan Soto has narrowed his Free Agency search to 4 teams (#Redsox, #Yankees, #Mets, and #Dodgers) Soto could sign as soon as tomorrow per source

[Mattionals]

FWIW:

Who is that "reporter". I only see hot stove stuff come through on MLB Trade Rumors now. I deleted all other forms of social media except Instagram.

[imref]

Who is that "reporter". I only see hot stove stuff come through on MLB Trade Rumors now. I deleted all other forms of social media except Instagram.

writes for The Athletic.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

FWIW:

I think he was visiting Toronto yesterday per MLB Tonight, then it was going to be Boston, NYM, NYY.

[Mattionals]

I think he was visiting Toronto yesterday per MLB Tonight, then it was going to be Boston, NYM, NYY.

I think he goes back to the Yankees, and I don't think he actually wants to play for the Mets. Boston would be where I'd love to see him though.

[varoadking]

I think he goes back to the Yankees, and I don't think he actually wants to play for the Mets. Boston would be where I'd love to see him though.

Philly...so that they can spend the next 7 years there wondering what went wrong...

[skippy1999]

I think he goes back to the Yankees, and I don't think he actually wants to play for the Mets. Boston would be where I'd love to see him though.

Washington is where I’d love to see him but yea, Boston is my next choice

[HalfSmokes]

Boston is pretending to be small market now

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Boston is pretending to be small market now

read a piece on Boston.com yesterday about how Soto would be the type of guy they'd bid on for a long-term commitment. While it is a lot more, he's at the age they gave Devers his long term contract and the age of Yamamoto, for whom they made a serious bid. It kind of dwarfs the amount of money and years of those moves, but it would make a ton of baseball sense. It would free them to move guys like Abreu, Rafaela, maybe Casas or Duran for Crochet or a Seattle pitcher, so for the near term at least, it's not much more costly than acquiring a pitcher as an FA and a respectable bat that they need. Also avoids a commitment on FA pitcher years, something they haven't done except for Sale (which burned them in the Dombrowski era).

[Senatorswin]

I would like to see the Red Sox sold. They were 4th in revenue in 2024. MLB is more fun when the Red Sox are good.

[Slateman]

Wish we were "small market" like the Red Sox

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I would like to see the Red Sox sold. They were 4th in revenue in 2024. MLB is more fun when the Red Sox are good.

when Henry bought them, he had a very successful hedge fund. That's blown up and closed, so his money is in Fenway Sports Group. Liverpool is his biggest asset. Selling the Sox would net him some big bucks to plow into the Penguins and Liverpool. IDK how he keeps Liverpool competitive just on its own revenues. He's not a petrostate. He's not a Walmart heir, either. 

[Natsinpwc]

when Henry bought them, he had a very successful hedge fund. That's blown up and closed, so his money is in Fenway Sports Group. Liverpool is his biggest asset. Selling the Sox would net him some big bucks to plow into the Penguins and Liverpool. IDK how he keeps Liverpool competitive just on its own revenues. He's not a petrostate. He's not a Walmart heir, either.

It will be interesting to see what happens to Pensburgh.  They were ready to fold/move even after the Lemieux years until they lucked into Crosby and Malkin.  Will fans support a bad team?  They look ready for a fire sale. 

[HalfSmokes]

when Henry bought them, he had a very successful hedge fund. That's blown up and closed, so his money is in Fenway Sports Group. Liverpool is his biggest asset. Selling the Sox would net him some big bucks to plow into the Penguins and Liverpool. IDK how he keeps Liverpool competitive just on its own revenues. He's not a petrostate. He's not a Walmart heir, either. 

Red Sox revenue. You can fail in the mlb and still be 4th in revenue. You can't fail in the premier league and even stay in the league

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Red Sox revenue. You can fail in the mlb and still be 4th in revenue. You can't fail in the premier league and even stay in the league

he's milking them like a cash cow.

[imref]

Hector Gomez reports the Mets offered Soto $600 million. No word on years.

[skippy1999]

Hector Gomez reports the
Mets offered Soto $600 million. No word on years.

Won’t even be close.

[Senatorswin]

Hector Gomez reports the Mets offered Soto $600 million. No word on years.

I bet it was 13 years which would bring the AAV around $46 million. That's about what I predicted.

[imref]

Soto meeting with the Dodgers today.