Just a week after reporting that the New York Yankees were facing a “rising threat” from their arch-rivals the Boston Red Sox in the hunt to sign generational free agent slugger Juan Soto, veteran New York Post baseball insider Jon Heyman reported on Monday that the Bombers remain very much in contention for the 26-year-old

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The Red Sox are finally ready to spend again, and have the potential to make things incredibly uncomfortable for the Yankees.

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For the Red Sox, signing Soto would show the baseball world they are once again a player in the free-agent market. We’ve been here before. In 2000, the Red Sox signed Manny Ramirez to an eight-year, $160 million contract that shocked the baseball world. Manny proved to be worth the price, eventually winning a pair of World Series titles.

The Red Sox are already bracing for the possibility that Juan Soto signs elsewhere in free agency with other teams hot on his tail.

The Boston Red Sox have a lot of decisions to make. The most pressing question mark right now surely is whether or not the organization will be able to find a w

The Boston Red Sox remain major players in the Juan Soto sweepstakes, making the generational outfielder a 12 year contract offer worth $600 million, according to one report. Other reports have put the Red Sox bid even higher than that.

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