From Bob Klapisch:
The Yankees came away from a meeting with Juan Soto on Monday feeling positive about their chances of signing the slugger to a long-term contract, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.
The hours-long face-to-face meeting left owner Hal Steinbrenner and his brain trust “encouraged” by Soto’s desire to remain in pinstripes. Although no offer was made, the club believes the door is open to a second, dollars-driven negotiation with Soto in the coming weeks.
Apparently Soto wanted Steinbrenner to confirm that there would be improvements made to the team for 2025 beyond just resigning him, and Steinbrenner said that they WOULD do that, so, well, I mean, that’s gotta at least be a pretty good sign if the guy is specifically asking them about areas of improvement, right? Why would you care about that stuff if you weren’t interested in coming back?
So Hal will spend over the 2024 already unsustainable level?
Sounds like it. My guess is that he waits and cuts salary after Soto is “stuck” here.
I hope Cohen outbids him and spends the next 10 years picking on Hal in their NYC Billionaires group text.
The Athletic meaningless match making column, I clicked, listed the Yankees as Soto’s most likely landing spot, Burnes to mutts, Rōki to townies and Walker to Yankees.
I guess I gotta read that to see what moronic reasoning they used to get Roki to Boston.
I think Walker is definitely the move if they sign Soto, as it shores up both the lineup and the defense in one fell swoop.
Walker batting 4th changes the whole lineup for the better. Plug Wells or the Martian fifth, Stanton sixth, Wells or the Martian seventh, you suddenly have a long ass lineup.
Yikes, who the heck greenlit an article of Bowden’s fan fiction free agency?!
They mentioned opportunities for endorsements which I assume would be far fewer than in NY or the West Coast.
Molly Knight @Bluesky I’m contractually obligated to tell you guys the Boston Red Sox added Jhoestynxon Garcia to their 40-man roster and his nickname is “The Password.”
Awesome. That guy has to make the majors.
Is “Joe Stinks” encoded into that name?
2025 schedule is out. The Yankees and Orioles somehow play SEVEN TIMES in the last ten games.
Via karma, that pretty much guarantees that one of them will be 20 games back at that point.
Guardians let James Karinchak go a little while ago to clear 40-man space (and to avoid paying him $1.9 million in arb) while he recovers from an injury. He still has an option year left. He sounds like a no-brainer for the Yankees to pick up.
Aaron Judge, your 2024 AL MVP. A unanimous vote.
Judge joins Mickey Mantle (1956) as the only Yankees players to win MVP unanimously.
MLB to test robot balls, strikes in spring training 2025. Manfred wants it ready for the 2026 MLB season
In other MVP News
Kirschner: Tigers relief pitcher Tyler Holton gets to have MVP-16 on his Baseball Reference page for the rest of his life. He received one 10th-place vote.
What’s funny is the voter did not have Skubal on his ballot lol.