{"id":15310,"date":"2024-12-06T01:19:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=15310"},"modified":"2024-12-06T01:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:19:53","slug":"trade-update-blue-jays-urged-to-reunite-with-71-million-star-as-juan-soto-backup-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=15310","title":{"rendered":"Trade Update: Blue Jays Urged To Reunite With $71 Million Star As Juan Soto Backup Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; top priority this offseason is signing New York Yankees superstar free agent Juan Soto. But that same task is also the top priority for the Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2536341\/los-angeles-dodgers-outfielder-teoscar-hernandez.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=1600&amp;q=88&amp;f=802dcdc51bbecae991184c9ce5510a3d\" alt=\"Blue Jays Urged To Reunite With Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez As Juan Soto Backup Plan - Newsweek\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Signing Soto is going to be very difficult, especially as the rumored floor for his deal is now over $600 million. If the Blue Jays miss out on Soto, they need to have a good backup plan.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Mountz of FanSided has made a very solid suggestion. Mountz urged the Blue Jays to pivot to their former outfielder, Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez of the Dodgers, as an emergency Soto backup plan.<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez played six seasons in Toronto before being traded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the key problems facing the Blue Jays has been their outfield.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative production they received from their outfielders was among the worst. But if we rewind by a couple of years and visit a recently bygone Blue Jays team, we will see that this was a different story not so long ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why? 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