NEWS UPDATE: The New York Mets expected to make an offer for a deal worth more than $500 million in order to sign Slugger in the upcoming offseason.

The New York Mets expected to make an offer for a deal worth more than $500 million in order to sign Slugger in the upcoming offseason.
The New York Mets might already be the front-runners to sign free agent Juan Soto, who is eligible to sign elsewhere after the 2024 season, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

When outfielder Juan Soto becomes a free agent in the winter of next year, the Mets are not only anticipated to be among the favorites, but also to make a serious run at him.

This summer, Soto was just involved in a huge transaction that sent him from the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees. The Yankees can’t be written off when it comes to attempting to complete an extension during the season, even though they will definitely wait to make an offer to observe how he handles playing in New York.

But it doesn’t seem plausible that Soto would accept any deal before going on the market, considering that he is a client of Scott Boras and is thus close to free agency.
One of baseball’s greatest batters and one of the most skilled hitters is Soto.

 

Only a select few teams will be able to pay Soto’s expected free agency contract of over $500 million. They would appear to be out because the Los Angeles Dodgers have already committed to Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani. As Nightengale points out, you can’t write off the Yankees, Red Sox, or the Mets.