Juan Soto is about to hear the cost of signing with the Mets. He received $765 million, none deferred, $75 million as a signing bonus and a no-trade clause. He received a 15-year commitment from ...

Hal Steinbrenner tapped out of the Soto sweepstakes – much to the relief, by the way, of the rest of his organization – at $760 million over 16 years. But had Steinbrenner gone to $775 million ...

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All true. But let’s not overlook the real reason Soto is Public Enemy No. 1 in the Bronx. It’s not just because he turned down Hal Steinbrenner’s check for $760 million.

On a Friday in December, baseball agent Scott Boras and his client Juan Soto paid a visit to New York Mets owner Steve Cohen at his home in Delray Beach, Florida. Soto, a 26-year-old lefty slugger ...

But give Hal [Steinbrenner] a lot of credit to be able to open things up and think in a more progressive, contemporary way.” The Yankees, unfortunately, lost more than just razors and shaving ...

From Verducci's piece: The Supreme Court of Soto chose Cohen and the Mets over Hal Steinbrenner and the Yankees. Why? It starts with Cohen. “I mean, the effort that he puts in,” Soto says.

Steinbrenner reportedly offered Soto $760M over 16 years, but the slugger ultimately put pen to paper on a 15-year, $765M contract that could exceed $800M total to join the Mets.

But the circumstances that led to Soto turning his back on Hal Steinbrenner remain murky. Just this week, in a docuseries called “The Pursuit” Soto revealed the Yankees were No. 1 on his list ...

It’s telling that after losing Soto, the Yankees spent some of the money they had earmarked for him on the sort of aging former stars who have perpetually gotten the team in trouble.

BRONX, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 21: Yankees principal owner Hal Steinbrenner speaks during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 21, 2022 in Bronx, New York. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty ...