{"id":7468,"date":"2024-10-04T07:27:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2024-10-04T07:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:27:12","slug":"mets-losing-in-wc-could-be-bad-news-for-juan-soto-returning-to-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Mets Losing in WC Could Be Bad News for Juan Soto Returning to Yankees\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2174679914-e1727976527884.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"New York Yankees, New York Mets, Juan Soto\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Soto throwing a ball<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0will soon face the reality of potentially losing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/soto-latest-contract-prediction\/\">Juan Soto<\/a>\u00a0in free agency. However, before then, their focus will be set on winning the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Many in the baseball industry expect Soto\u2019s decision to come down to the Yankees or their crosstown rival, the\u00a0New York Mets. Mets owner\u00a0Steve Cohen\u00a0has proven during his tenure that he is willing to spend on players he believes could help his team win a World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Tansey of Bleacher Report predicted the Yankees would re-sign him to a long-term deal in the offseason. However, he added that if they lose in their Wild Card Series, \u201cthere could be even more motivation\u201d to bring the superstar to Queens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Yankees would obviously love to have Soto back in their lineup for the long haul. He\u2019s made a massive impact alongside Aaron Judge on a team that has the potential to win a World Series. New York\u2019s postseason success may or may not be a factor in Soto\u2019s offseason decision,\u201d\u00a0Tansey wrote\u00a0on October 3. \u201cA World Series title could begin to establish him as one of the Yankees\u2019 all-time greats, or a playoff push that comes up short of a title could motivate him to win with the Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Mets will always be a player in big-name free agency, and if they fail to win their Wild Card Series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, there could be even more motivation to bring more power to the lineup. The pull of the Yankees will be hard to ignore, and that is probably where Soto ultimately lands, but it will be fascinating to see the stops the Mets pull out to lure him to Queens.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Soto Predicted to Land $500 Million Contract<\/h2>\n<p>ESPN polled 28 MLB executives, agents, and insiders to come up with Soto\u2019s contract prediction. Only three predicted he\u2019d get less than $400 million, while 17 predicted he\u2019d get $500 to \u201cat least\u201d $600 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe median projection of those deals is 13 years, $500 million, and those numbers align with the industry consensus of the expectations for this contract right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA full half of the responders projected a number between $500 million and $599 million, with another three topping $600 million in their projections. That means 61% \u2014 17 of the 28 respondents \u2014 believe Soto will get at least half a billion dollars from a team this winter,\u201d\u00a0Kiley McDaniel of ESPN wrote on June 11. \u201cThat would set a record for present-day value: Ohtani\u2019s 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers included so much deferred money that its NPV was $460 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Soto looking at a potential $500 million deal, only a few teams around Major League Baseball could realistically sign him. The New York Mets and New York Yankees are two of those teams.<\/p>\n<h2>Why the Yankees Need to Re-Sign Soto<\/h2>\n<p>Soto proved his worth during his first year with the New York Yankees, hitting 41 home runs and posting a .989 OPS in the regular season. With the duo of him and\u00a0Aaron Judge, keeping him around could help the Yankees win a World Series in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>For a franchise looking to win their first World Series title since 2009, losing Soto wouldn\u2019t help them get any closer to that.<\/p>\n<p>The fan base has also shown him love, constantly cheering for him to re-sign, which would only add to the issue if he left, especially for the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto throwing a ball The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0will soon face the reality of potentially losing\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0in free agency. 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