The Mets have the ambition, resources, and payroll flexibility to make the top offer to Soto.
inevitable that Soto will be a designated hitter for much of his 30s, like Giancarlo Stanton, but it’s not difficult to imagine that outcome.
Still, his skills as a hitter — specifically, the otherworldly quality of his at-bats — are apparently enough to inspire the big boys of baseball to ignore the holes in Soto’s game, put on their big boy pants and pay big boy money.
travel this winter.
— Finally, I don’t sense that the shortcomings in Soto’s game are giving either team much pause. He is a one-dimensional player — but that one dimension is Ted Williams level. I have asked folks from both the Yankees and the Mets if it bothered them to commit historic dollars to a Hall of Fame-level hitter who does not play the outfield or run the bases well. It’s not quite inevitable that Soto will be a designated hitter for much of his 30s, like Giancarlo Stanton, but it’s not difficult to imagine that outcome.
Still, his skills as a hitter — specifically, the otherworldly quality of his at-bats — are apparently enough to inspire the big boys of baseball to ignore the holes in Soto’s; togame, put on their big boy pants and pay big boy money.
