The New York Yankees have been unsuccessful of their try and re-sign Juan Soto in free company, a pursuit which in the end value them the chance to doubtlessly lure Blake Snell to the Bronx.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman spoke to reporters on the winter conferences and acknowledged Snell’s five-year, $182 million cope with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He defined that the deal got here collectively rapidly and that New York was unable to submit a bid for the left-hander till that they had an thought of what Soto was going to do.
“I informed him I am unable to make a proposal till I do know what is going on on with Soto first as a result of I could not do each at that degree,” Cashman mentioned of his dialog with Snell’s agent Scott Boras, who additionally represents Soto.
Soto in the end selected to swap allegiances and be part of the Mets, agreeing to a 15-year, $765 million deal, the richest in sports activities historical past. Reports say the Yankees submitted a bid price $760 million over 16 seasons for Soto, however he turned them down. Had he been prepared to return to the Yankees, the group would doubtless have been out on Snell.
While New York was nonetheless honed in on Soto, the Dodgers moved rapidly to signal Snell and bolster their pitching rotation.
