{"id":133163,"date":"2024-12-04T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T02:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133163"},"modified":"2024-12-04T09:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T02:31:48","slug":"source-superstar-juan-soto-nearing-decision-on-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133163","title":{"rendered":"Source &#8211; Superstar Juan Soto nearing decision on free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/gonzalez_alden.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer<span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 3, 2024, 08:50 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"c0225b71-161d-fe89-5c62-d27fa64259fd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36969\/juan-soto\">Juan Soto<\/a>&#8216;s much-hyped free agency is nearing its final stages, with a source familiar with the process opening the possibility that the star outfielder could pick his destination by the end of this week &#8212; before the start of the annual winter meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The industry&#8217;s agents and executives will descend upon Dallas on Sunday. Soto is widely expected to sign a record-breaking contract before they depart the following Thursday and could do so before they even arrive, an industry source told ESPN on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Soto&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, declined to offer a definitive timetable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you go through these things, you just have a lot of information to meld through,&#8221; Boras said during Blake Snell&#8217;s introductory news conference at Dodger Stadium. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had meetings with a number of franchises. He&#8217;s begun the process of eliminating teams and doing things. Juan is a very methodical thinker, so we&#8217;ll see. I don&#8217;t think anything is imminent in the near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2b9cedf3-ce60-0bcf-fafe-8cd055255685\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\">New York Yankees<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d08426cc-bf13-5d7b-5217-6d4662019bc6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\">New York Mets<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0151aed9-9f11-ceae-195d-180ca603b64a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tor\/toronto-blue-jays\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c6df06f6-785d-3900-4935-5fd13742e2ee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-red-sox\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fb7cf413-5156-9fc2-abe0-2273b89f70db\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> are the five known candidates for Soto, whose deal is expected to exceed $600 million and could span 15 years in order to get the value to unprecedented levels. <a data-player-guid=\"04a76996-4a5c-456d-8022-a9d45e3ff933\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39832\/shohei-ohtani\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> secured the largest guarantee in baseball history with the 10-year, $700 million deal he signed with the Dodgers last offseason. But more than 95% of that contract is deferred, bringing the present-day value down to $460 million for luxury-tax purposes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Soto&#8217;s deal could exceed that &#8212; and will serve as the latest example that the free-agent market is moving a lot more swiftly this winter. Last offseason, four of Boras&#8217; most high-profile clients &#8212; Snell, <a data-player-guid=\"2eb5e599-5517-7cf4-8f12-de7e6bd899f3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33857\/matt-chapman\">Matt Chapman<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"a3c488df-5343-5916-c941-de54ef0f6f5a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/38173\/jordan-montgomery\">Jordan Montgomery<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"33de8a2e-6a24-ed47-a5ea-e31b6a1d03df\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33912\/cody-bellinger\">Cody Bellinger<\/a> &#8212; remained unsigned into spring training. Before this year&#8217;s winter meetings, Boras has already locked in deals for Snell and fellow starters <a data-player-guid=\"9a8e6a97-457d-594d-a216-336f2d6d2d7f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41415\/yusei-kikuchi\">Yusei Kikuchi<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"063bb420-0c80-9cc7-2869-d19ba2f1e084\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33249\/frankie-montas\">Frankie Montas<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"18179f89-dcb9-9d42-a7ec-99aa1c26c5fb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34401\/matthew-boyd\">Matthew Boyd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soto, the 26-year-old who is already one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, could follow shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why teams seem to be more willing to spend money this offseason, Boras said: &#8220;I wish I can answer those questions. I do. I think a lot of it has to do with media certainty, platforms working the way they should, and the streaming thing that they have going on is very viable, very profitable. I don&#8217;t think they like to say that, but obviously the markets indicate that there is a different attitude about what it is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And also, who&#8217;s in the market has a lot to do with things too. You have major-market franchises, you have generational talent, which really illustrates the needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/42764677\/source-superstar-juan-soto-nearing-decision-free-agency\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. 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