With the Yankees monitoring the Shohei Ohtani market, it seems that they’ve aimed their sights on another potentially disgruntled superstar on a struggling West Coast team.
Juan Soto was traded this time last year to the San Diego Padres in a blockbuster that was supposed to propel them into World Series contention, and less than a year removed from an NLCS defeat at the hands of the Phillies, they find themselves buried in a tough NL West.
Sitting well behind the Giants, Dodgers, and D-Backs, it seems that the Padres will be selling this deadline, and if they were to be bold enough to move the 24-year-old superstar, Pat Ragazzo of Sports Illustrated reports some damning evidence that the Yankees would throw their hat in that ring.