Devil’s advocate: Why Yankees’ pursuit of Juan Soto shouldn’t go all out: Re-signing Soto seems like a no-brainer, but bringing him back would create some issues for the Yankees to address.
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Whatever it takes. $997 million, buy Boras an island (Cuba?), marry all the Steinbrenner children into penury, make Brian Cashman wear gimp leathers, burn Yankee Stadium to the ground, annex New York to Philadelphia, elect Dave Roberts to replace Eric Adams. Whatever it takes.
I’d think a guy that got traded 3 times in his first 6 pro years while teams had control of his rights would probably be deliberate about his choice in free agency.
When teams don’t show loyalty to a guy with all-time batting skills, it’s difficult to be sentimental.
Signing Soto to a $50 million deal would take the Yankees to the highest luxury tax tier which is taxed at 60%. So it would really cost them more like $80 million a year.
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When teams don’t show loyalty to a guy with all-time batting skills, it’s difficult to be sentimental.