he saga of continues and the plot is still unresolved as to what the fate of the Dominican baseball player will be, with the two New York teams as favorites, on the one hand for a return to the Bronx Bombers and, on the other, with the with what is possibly the best offer for a contract with which he can surpass the one signed by Japanese star for $700 million with the . The owner of the , , wants to return and on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to making his friendship with the Dominican similar to the one he has with and . He also emphasized the team's commitment to continuously improve its roster if the star free agent outfielder stays in the .

Yankees owner offers details of meeting with Juan Soto said the delegation at Monday's meeting included team president Randy Levine, general manager , manager and senior baseball operations advisor . "We had a good meeting. "It was a very honest, back-and-forth dialogue that lasted a couple of hours," said Wednesday.

When asked how confident he was of keeping , said: "I have no idea. We'll be in the fight. I'll leave it at that.

" "We listen to our fans, right? Our fans really enjoyed having him in New York," added. "He's definitely an important part of why we got to the World Series. So I have ears.

I know what's expected of me." The meeting lasted about two hours and took place at a hotel near , near the office of 's agent, , said a person familiar with the session. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because those detai.