The New York Yankees will try to do everything in their power to retain superstar outfielder Juan Soto this upcoming offseason. Since coming over to the Yankees, he has had the best season of his short major league career and is on track to become an AL MVP finalist by the season’s end. Can the Yankees afford to bring back Juan Soto for the long haul? The problem that comes with that is his gifted talent is going to cost a fortune to keep around long-term.
Jim Bowden of The Athletic said that his next contract could stretch past the half-of-a-billion dollars mark, which would make him one of the richest players in professional sports. “Juan Soto has been a game-changer for the Yankees this season and appears headed for a top-five finish in the American League MVP voting,” Bowden wrote. “He’s likely to sign a contract of more than half a billion dollars and both New York teams are expected to bid for his services.
” Deservedly so, the 25-year-old superstar will almost certainly receive a contract similar to what Mike Trout received from the Los Angeles Angels a few years ago, which was for 12 years and $426 million, at the time being the richest in MLB history. For a team like the Yankees that plays in one of the largest markets in the world, it may seem like an easy task for them, but it is far from that. The Yankees want to decrease payroll this upcoming offseason While the New York Mets are likely the main competitor that stands in the way of outbidding the Yanke.