New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen is making his first large 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, based on Mike Puma of the New York Publish. That is anticipated to be the primary of many conferences Soto and Boras take with homeowners and different prime 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 function in free-agency recruitment, as he was very concerned within the finally unsuccessful pursuit of pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto final winter. Different homeowners are more likely to meet with Soto as nicely.
The Mets and the New York Yankees have persistently been considered because the groups almost definitely 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 nicely, however it is going to be arduous 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 would conceivably match them.
