Will the Toronto Blue Jays back up the Brinks truck for All-Star Juan Soto, a year after missing out on Shohei Ohtani?
Last December, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi tweeted that Ohtani was flying to Toronto, causing a social media wildfire. The Blue Jays and their supporters thought they had landed the two-way phenom. Sleuths began watching jets heading from Southern California to “The 6,” attempting to find the plane Ohtani might be on.
However, everything turned out to be false because Ohtani was at his California home. The jet they were tracing belonged to Robert Herjavec, a billionaire and investor from the famous show “Shark Tank.”
After the Ohtani-to-Blue Jays saga died down, the two-time AL MVP quickly signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the richest deal in professional sports history.
How much will Toronto Blue Jays reportedly offer Juan Soto?
Maybe still stinging from losing out on Ohtani, the Blue Jays are allegedly ready to throw money at another generational talent — Juan Soto.NJ.com reports Toronto will be giving Soto an “astronomical offer” — possibly in the 15-year, $600 million range — once the offseason commences. One of Soto’s former teammates, who shares the same agent in Scott Boras, told the outlet that the Blue Jays will be making a strong play for the superstar.
NJ.com even asked Soto about the report following the Yankees’ Game 3 ALDS win over the Kansas City Royals.
“I don’t know anything about that,” Soto told NJ.com. “They can’t talk to me now. Let’s see what happens in the offseason.”
The Athletic’s Tim Britton projects Soto will land a contract in the vicinity of 14 years, $560 million.
Soto might have been an AL MVP favorite if not for his teammate Aaron Judge. Soto finished the regular season with a 7.8 WAR (wins above replacement), a .989 OPS, 178 OPS+, with 41 home runs, 109 RBI, and 128 runs scored.
Soto hit .286 with a .746 OPS in the Yankees’ ALDS victory over the Royals. The Yanks will face the winner of the Detroit Tigers/Cleveland Guardians series in the ALCS, which begins Monday in New York.
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