{"id":16245,"date":"2024-12-08T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16245"},"modified":"2024-12-08T22:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:21:16","slug":"dodgers-rumors-la-lagging-behind-as-monstrous-juan-soto-offers-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16245","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Rumors: LA lagging behind as monstrous Juan Soto offers revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_113,w_6877,h_3868\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01jeet1ezxx6bvyvm5wa.jpg\" alt=\"Championship Series - New York Yankees v Cleveland Guardians - Game 5\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content [&amp;_a]:text-secondary\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"my-[18px]\">Over the last week, it\u2019s been hard to keep up on exactly\u00a0where the Dodgers supposedly stand\u00a0in the Juan Soto pursuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"my-[18px]\">Some insiders have said they\u2019re out entirely, and others have said that while a Dodgers signing is unlikely, LA is still in the fold.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px]\">The general sentiment is that Soto will stay on the opposite coast, with the Yankees and Mets the unsurprisingly likely frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px]\">The Red Sox and Blue Jays are also still reportedly in, but Scott Boras has said that his client has started eliminating teams from consideration.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px]\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Last week,\u00a0Ken Rosenthal reported that the floor for Soto\u2019s contract was $600 million, and that all of the remaining teams (though exactly who those teams were was unspecified) had offered more. The Dodgers probably have that kind of money, but it\u2019s unclear if they would really dare to go that far when their deferred money has now exceeded $1 billion with Blake Snell\u2019s signing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px]\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">According to Jon Heyman, four teams are now likely prepared to offer 15 years and around\u00a0<em data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">$700 million<\/em>, and he called the Dodgers the \u201clong shot\u201d among the remaining crop.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1865126459133583381&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersway.com%2Fdodgers-rumors-la-lagging-behind-as-monstrous-juan-soto-offers-revealed&amp;sessionId=bea2856c12cd9f653d23049c5aa153a2f67f6382&amp;siteScreenName=DodgersWayFS&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1865126459133583381\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" data-twitter-extracted-i1733658051851563796=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JonHeyman<\/a>\u00a0says four teams could be in the ballpark of 15 years and $700M+ for Soto\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f633.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude33\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8RLMmoaCLX\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8RLMmoaCLX\">pic.twitter.com\/8RLMmoaCLX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1865126459133583381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1865126459133583381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] scroll-mt-24\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Dodgers reportedly losing steam in the Juan Soto sweepstakes as offers approach $700 million<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px]\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Anything\u00a0above $700 million would break Shohei Ohtani\u2019s record\u00a0for the richest contract in sports history, even if the AAV comes out lower if the deal really does land around 15 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px]\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">It\u2019s more than a little patently absurd for a guy who is a phenomenal hitter, but just isn\u2019t the generational two-way player Ohtani is.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px]\">The Dodgers are clearly working with something like carte blanche from Dodgers owner Mark Walter and the Guggenheim group, but would they really dare to break their own record and send their luxury tax penalties into outer space, just one year after signing Ohtani?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px]\">At this point, Soto coming to LA definitely feels unrealistic. Soto might\u2019ve entertained conversations with them as part of a larger scheme by Boras to\u00a0rankle the real contenders\u00a0so much they\u2019d drive up their prices, or he could\u2019ve actually been interested, or maybe it was some combination of the two. But now feels like the time when the Dodgers will bow out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px]\">Heyman noted that Soto could always choose to sacrifice a few tens of millions to \u201cgo to the best team\u201d (or, in other words, choose the Dodgers), but it still seems unlikely. We, at least, won\u2019t be holding our breaths to see Soto come to LA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week, it\u2019s been hard to keep up on exactly\u00a0where the Dodgers supposedly stand\u00a0in the Juan Soto pursuit. 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