I have to admit that I rolled my eyes at the breathless reports that the Red Sox had secured a meeting with free agent slugger Juan Soto. Not because I don’t believe that Red Sox ownership will aggressively pursue Soto (I’m ready to have my heart broken again!) but because the very idea of the meetings seems just so silly to me.
Juan Soto is not Roki Sasaki, a young player barely into his twenties who has limited experience with American professional baseball and America in general. Soto has lived in the United States for eight years.