One MLB insider makes a clear case as to why the New York Mets are on the Yankees' radar for the upcoming Juan Soto Sweepstakes.
This sounds absurd on the surface. But when one considers that this team is playing the Mets' cross-town rival New York Yankees in the Fall Classic, this pro-Dodgers sentiment starts to make more sense.
Not only is the Mets faithful likely rooting for Los Angeles because it halts potential bragging rights, but many analysts are convinced that if the Yankees win the World Series, it will likely mean that superstar slugger Juan Soto — who will become an unrestricted free agent andarticle from the New York Post's Jon Heyman"The Mets aren’t even officially in the Juan Soto sweepstakes yet, and the crosstown competition is already heating up.
“Going from the Yankees to the Mets … that’s a buzzkill,” Heyman quoted a Yankees executive saying before adding, "The Yankees, who, no surprise, are making Juan Soto their top priority this winter, logically envision the deep-pocketed, on-the-rise Mets as their biggest threat in the derby for the top free agent this winter.
"The Yankees presumably only enhanced their chances to keep Soto by reaching the World Series for the first time in 15 years — with a big boost from Soto himself, of course — but they can see the threat from eight miles to the south and east," he continued. Heyman later noted that Mets owner Steve Cohen's willingness to spend big on Soto makes them such a major threat. While it might take an offer Soto simply can't refuse to convince him to leave the Yankees, indications are that Cohen is keen to make such an offer if need be.Grant Young covers the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites.
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