JUAN SOTO WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY & THE YANKEES GOT FOOLED

It's no surprise that Juan Soto is already hinting that he will hear offers from every team this offseason. His mission was not to be a Yankee for life, it was to be a gazillionaire after the 2024. In other words, he already trusted his ability in 2024, all he had to do was be good.  The dude can be good anywhere FYI, he's Juan Soto.  He bet on himself and now he can go make more money than he needs on any other team for the rest of his career.

Juan Soto was asked if he expects the Mets to go after him in free agency:

"I don't know what's the teams that are going to come after me. Definitely, I'll be open to this and every single team. I don't have any doors closed. I"m gonna be available for all 30 teams pic.twitter.com/3VICeWeney

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) October 31, 2024

 The Mets are the top team cause the Mets have something to prove. But I have said this since the day the Yankees have had interest in bringing him over for 1 year. Read THE GAME OF TELEPHONE & JUAN SOTO when I asked "Will Juan Soto go to the Mets after this season as I believe he will? " That was June.  Nothing in my mind has changed. The Mets will go hard, harder than the Yankees.  

I've also asked so often if the one year of Juan Soto even if we don't win the World Series? I mean sure, it was fun to watch him in pinstripes, but what did the Yankees and Yankee fans get out of it?  Just good baseball, no championship.  Isn't that the goal?

Michael Kay was ranting the other day about Juan Soto, and I loved every minute of it. Why? Because he was 100% right.

ICYMI on @TMKSESPN:@RealMichaelKay says Juan Soto’s press conference after the game made one thing clear: he’s going where he gets the most money. pic.twitter.com/mQsZrYmYID

— ESPN New York (@ESPNNewYork) October 31, 2024

There's also speculation of the Los Angeles Dodgers.  I mean, if you want to get kicked in the balls as a Yankee fan, let the Dodgers sign him, they already have the best team in baseball, could you imagine?  

At the end of the day, this is not a surprise to me.  The Yankees thought that an Aaron Judge relationship, the pinstripes, the rich history of the New York Yankees would win this guy over. Sure us fans love him, Sure, it's a big market and Soto can easily perform in it. But Soto doesn't actually care about any of that.  Soto just wants to make the most money he can. He can play anywhere in the universe and lift that franchise up. 

It doesn't matter if it's the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers or the Albuquerque Balloon knots. At the end of the day, it's about Juan Soto, not the team he signs with.

I wrote this in 2022: JUAN SOTO IS YOUR NEW SHINY THING AND YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!

"Do they need Soto? Actually? YOU WANT MY TRUE OPINION? They don't. "

I'm right.

Cashman and Hal got fooled. Just another reason why this Yankee franchise is failing.  And another reason why the Yankee front office and their manager need to go.