Yankees’ Juan Soto expected by some to get $500 million in free agency
NY Post
Reggie Jackson, this week’s guest on “The Show,” and one of MLB’s big early free agents, told The Post he would have accepted the Nationals’ $440 million offer to Juan Soto. “I would have signed that so fast it would have made your head spin,” Jackson said.
Though Jackson said, “It’ll be interesting to see what type of year he has with all the marbles out there,” Mr. October suspects Soto will be unfazed. “When you’re a great player, you’re always on display.”
Jackson compared Soto to greats Aaron Judge, Manny Ramirez, Frank Robinson, Willie Stargell and George Brett, saying he’s someone who “commands the batter’s box.”
One AL executive predicted Soto would get $500M. And one rival agent agreed that’s the number.
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