The Yankees learned Sunday that their last and best offer — $760 million for 16 years — was not good enough to bring Juan Soto back to The Bronx.
Now what?
The Yankees learned Sunday night that their last and best offer — $760 million for 16 years — was not good enough to bring Juan Soto back to The Bronx.
A player most often compared with Ted Williams, presuming a declined or nullified opt-out, will spend his next 15 seasons in Queens.
The Yankees have one fewer generational superstar and have many, many questions on their hands, such as:Will they now repurpose that $760 million for other players in 2025?
There is plenty of precedent, most recently with the Yankees spreading $458 million around to Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Masahiro Tanaka after losing Robinson Cano following the 2013 season.
They will act similarly and hope several good to very good players can compensate for the loss of one all-timer.
