THE FINAL 4 1/2: Juan Soto’s $600 million endgame is near – where do the Mets and Yankees stand?

If you could pick any two teams to hungrily want a player to fuel bidding it would be the Yankees trying to keep a player away from the Steve Cohen Mets.

POTENTIAL TRADE! Roki Sasaki, coveted Japanese ace, will be made available to MLB teams: Will Mets strike again?

Sasaki, 23, is the No. 3 ranked player on The Athletic’s top 40 MLB free agent big board, behind only Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes.

WATCH: Braves 2B Ozzie Albies at World Series media night with former teammate Freddie Freeman!

This Date in Baseball, October 24 – Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards