{"id":8512,"date":"2024-11-15T08:11:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:11:20","slug":"yankees-hated-rivals-intend-to-go-full-blast-after-soto-may-offer-700m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=8512","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Hated Rivals Intend to Go &#8216;Full Blast&#8217; After Soto, May Offer $700M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181271052-e1731643614430.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181271052-e1731643614430.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181271052-e1731643614430.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181271052-e1731643614430.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Hated Rivals Intend to Go 'Full Blast' After Soto, May Offer $700M\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty New York Yankees star Juan Soto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees will have to fight off the best teams and biggest spenders in MLB if they hope to hold onto star player Juan Soto.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps chief among those contenders are the crosstown rival New York Mets. Carlos Beltran, a nine-time All-Star selection and former member of both the Yankees and Mets during his playing career, joined the Mets\u2019 front office in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Puerto Rican publication \u201cPrimera Hora\u201d on Wednesday, November 13, Beltran said that the Mets intend to go \u201cfull blast\u201d after Soto in free agency.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_x9v873rzm\">\u201cThe Mets want to improve the team and there is no doubt that they will go after all the players that are on the open market knowing that the piece that everyone wants is Juan Soto,\u201d Beltran said, per a translation from the Spanish-language newspaper into English by Tim Capurso of ON SI. \u201cAnd the Mets [will] not rule out going full blast after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Latest Juan Soto Salary Projections Top $700 Million, Shohei Ohtani\u2019s Deal With Dodgers<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5197183\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179656708-e1731378746529.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Yankees' Hated Rivals Intend to Go 'Full Blast' After Soto, May Offer $700M\" width=\"782\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5197183\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5197183\">GettyNew York Yankees slugger Juan Soto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Soto didn\u2019t mention specific numbers, though it is well known across the league that he could command upwards (or possibly even more than) $700 million on his next contract.<\/p>\n<p>David Brown of Field Level Media predicted on Thursday that Soto\u2019s new deal will eclipse the $700 million mark, and that it will be the Mets who pay him that amount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoto set himself up for the biggest payday in MLB history after batting .288 with a .419 on-base percentage and .569 slugging for the Yankees in 2024,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAnd Soto didn\u2019t even turn 26 until October, when he helped lead the Yankees to their first World Series since 2009. Even if he doesn\u2019t eclipse $700 million, the value of his contract almost certainly will exceed Shohei Ohtani\u2019s heavily deferred deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s final prediction included $702 million for Soto over 13 years to remain in New York, but to travel across town from the Bronx to Queens and take up residence at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mets May Be Top Free Agent Destination in MLB This Offseason<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5199434\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2163533710-e1731616715699.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Yankees' Hated Rivals Intend to Go 'Full Blast' After Soto, May Offer $700M\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5199434\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5199434\">GettyNew York Mets star Francisco Lindor (left) standing next to New York Yankees star Juan Soto (right) during an MLB game in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Soto added 41 homers, 109 runs batted in, scored 128 times during the season and drew 129 walks, per Baseball Reference. The slugger would be a massive addition to the Mets\u2019 lineup, whether the team brings back all of its top pending free agents or not.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, some analysts are making the argument that the Mets offer the better team and better situation to all free agents this offseason, Soto included.\u00a0Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report ranked the Mets as the league\u2019s top destination in all of MLB Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTwo years after winning 101 games, the Mets shook off a slow start to 2024 to win an MLB-high 61 games after Grimace honored Citi Field with a first pitch on June 12. Even though they didn\u2019t make it to the World Series, they were arguably New York\u2019s best team this year,\u201d Rymer wrote. \u201cPete Alonso, Sean Manaea, Luis Severino [and] Jose Quintana are free agents, but there\u2019s no reason they can\u2019t be re-signed or replaced. And while the Mets\u2019 farm system took its lumps this year, it has rebound potential for 2025 if Jett Williams and Ronny Mauricio are healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max Dible covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group&#8217;s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy. 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