Are we reaching the endgame of the Juan Soto free agency saga? We are just days away from the winter meetings, and Soto’s people have apparently begun to eliminate teams from contention as the bidding reportedly reaches the $600 million level. One MLB insider is calling the Red Sox “a surprising force” in the race to sign the slugger. The Blue Jays and Dodgers are being considered long shots, leaving the Sox, Mets, and Yankees to duke it out. (Ken Rosenthal, Even Drellich, The Athletic)
What makes the Sox such a force to sign Soto?