{"id":5671,"date":"2024-11-29T02:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5671"},"modified":"2024-11-29T02:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:49:59","slug":"red-sox-offer-interested-juan-soto-600-million-12-year-contract-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5671","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Offer \u2018Interested\u2019 Juan Soto $600 Million 12-Year Contract, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Red-Sox-Juan-Soto-60-Million-12-Year-Contract.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Juan Soto smiles\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Soto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thanksgiving Day internet rumors have been running wild, with unverified reports that highly prized free agent Juan Soto had already signed a\u00a0contract with the Boston Red Sox. ESPN top baseball reporter Jeff Passan was even forced to take to his own X (formerly Twitter) account to shoot down rumors that Soto had signed anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thankful for reporters who don\u2019t make up stories,\u201d Passan\u00a0wrote on his account. \u201cI am also thankful that Juan Soto has not agreed to any contract, which means you can get off Twitter and go spend the holiday with your family. Happy Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But one online source, who in the past has shown more credibility than other unaffiliated social media accounts, posted a more tempered report with what he said are details of the contract offer made to Soto by the Red Sox. Boston has been\u00a0widely reported to be one of five teams that have extended offers to Soto with specific money and time frame numbers.<\/p>\n<h2>Report: Soto Spoke For an Hour With Rafael Devers<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Rodriguez, MLB insider and former Spanish-language baseball broadcaster,\u00a0posted on his X account\u00a0saying that \u201csources\u201d had informed him of the specific details included in the offer extended to Soto by the Red Sox. As of early evening on Thanksgiving Day there was no independent confirmation of the Rodriguez report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just finished a call, and sources from Boston informed me that the player spoke for over an hour with Rafael Devers about the team,\u201d Rodriguez wrote. \u201cThere is a 12-year offer for around $50M per season, and Juan Soto is interested in the idea of going to the Red Sox. Currently, the Red Sox are a strong contender for outfielder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A $50 million annual salary for 12 years would bring the total value of the contract offered to Soto, per Rodriguez, to $600 million.<\/p>\n<p>Another self-described MLB insider, Hector Gomez,\u00a0replied to the Rodriguez post saying that he was informed that the Red Sox offer was 13 years and $625 million. If accurate, the Gomez report would mean Soto\u2019s annual paycheck with the Red Sox would be slightly lower, approximately $48 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Even at 12\/$600 Million, Red Sox Offer Could Fall Short<\/h2>\n<p>Did Soto actually speak on the phone for an hour to Red Sox three-time All Star Devers? The idea is certainly plausible. Devers is currently the Red Sox\u2019 highest paid player, in fact the highest paid in Red Sox history, having inked a\u00a010-year, $313.5 million deal\u00a0prior to the 2023 season. Soto would likely want to make sure there would be no conflict with Devers if he signed a contract nearly twice the size of the one the 28-year-old third baseman signed.<\/p>\n<p>Devers is also, like Soto, a native of the Dominican Republic. In their initial meeting with Soto, Red Sox brass reportedly emphasized the team\u2019s history of featuring such Dominican superstars as David \u201cBig Papi\u201d Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez, as well as Devers. Soto\u00a0has also said publicly that the Red Sox were his favorite MLB team when he was growing up, specifically because of their Dominican star players.<\/p>\n<p>A earlier report said that Soto was\u00a0seeking a 15-year, $700 million contract, so even if the Rodriguez report proves accurate, the Red Sox offer may not be enough for Soto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto Thanksgiving Day internet rumors have been running wild, with unverified reports that highly prized free agent Juan Soto had already signed a\u00a0contract with the Boston&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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