{"id":7719,"date":"2024-11-13T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:37:15","slug":"francisco-lindor-touches-down-in-l-a-as-mets-california-meeting-ready-to-recruit-juan-soto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=7719","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Lindor Touches Down In L.A. As Mets&#8217; California Meeting. Ready To Recruit Juan Soto?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>\n<h2>Francisco LindorTouches Down In L.A. &#8230;Ready To Recruit Juan Soto?!?<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-ea0065a6d476b8735e0a9702c479572a\">\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c9\/16by9\/2024\/11\/12\/c92fe7b880b0453db0cd4923c8d980a1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Francisco Lindor Touches Down In L.A. As Mets' California Meeting W\/ Juan Soto Looms\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-08e061e8749993f0b99f95707dc6cb85\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Francisco Lindor has arrived in Los Angeles &#8230; and given Mets boss Steve Cohen is slated to meet with <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> in Southern California this week &#8212; it sure appears the NY shortstop is now in town to help recruit the star free agent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9b86948b641de965d40384bb6651e072\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The 30-year-old NL MVP finalist flew in to LAX on Sunday evening &#8230; just a few days after multiple reports stated Cohen, Soto and Soto&#8217;s super agent, Scott Boras, would sit down in the L.A.-area to talk about a potential future with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e6\/4by3\/2024\/11\/12\/e6837b249fb84d6ea39c952f0d934297_md.jpg\" alt=\"juan soto\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bb61af1fcf498d1e851ec8485bfe6316\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Lindor was mum with a photographer at the airport on whether or not he would be a part of this week&#8217;s efforts to get Soto in the Blue and Orange &#8230; but he did say he wished &#8220;nothing but the best&#8221; for the outfielder.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3a271ea07db8c92d50efe024e9f950ae\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;I hope he makes the best decision for himself and his family,&#8221; Lindor added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ed\/4by3\/2024\/11\/12\/eddfd8907c7b40808388790db90fcd9b_md.jpg\" alt=\"francisco lindor juan soto\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0b2dafc10398feaf2694608127c124a9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">If there&#8217;s any current MLBer who could have some pull in Soto&#8217;s process &#8230; it would appear to be Lindor &#8212; as, after all, he&#8217;s great friends with the former Yankees slugger.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c8a242ba7d38974d2334c3f595856a4f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">There is, of course, going to be a ton of other suitors for Soto &#8230; reportedly, the Dodgers, Red Sox, Blue Jays and Giants all want him &#8212; and the Yanks have made it clear they&#8217;d love to have him back too.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-244f8ce5660d672a0ca31ec03380b3c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">No word on any sort of timeline for Soto&#8217;s decision &#8212; but last year&#8217;s big fish, Shohei Ohtani, didn&#8217;t make his signing public &#8217;til December &#8230; so it could be another few weeks, at least.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francisco Lindor has arrived in Los Angeles &#8230; and given Mets boss Steve Cohen is slated to meet with Juan Soto in Southern California this week &#8212; it sure appears the NY shortstop is now in town to help recruit the star free agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Francisco Lindor Touches Down In L.A. 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