New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen is making his first massive transfer towards making an attempt to signal Juan Soto.
Cohen plans to journey to Southern California subsequent week for a private assembly with Soto and agent Scott Boras, in keeping with Mike Puma of the New York Put up. That is anticipated to be the primary of many conferences Soto and Boras take with homeowners and different high figures from throughout baseball as free company will get began.
The assembly signifies simply how a lot of a precedence Soto is for the Mets. Cohen is thought for taking an lively position in free-agency recruitment, as he was very concerned within the in the end unsuccessful pursuit of pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto final winter. Different homeowners are prone to meet with Soto as properly.
The Mets and the New York Yankees have constantly been considered because the groups more than likely to duke it out for Soto, however the Los Angeles Dodgers can by no means be dominated out. There are different groups sniffing round as properly, however it will likely be onerous for anybody else to beat these big-market franchises to a participant of Soto’s caliber.
Soto’s contract calls for are anticipated to be very excessive. Cohen and the Mets are amongst a small group that might conceivably match them.
