{"id":8900,"date":"2024-12-09T03:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2024-12-09T03:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:35:17","slug":"breaking-juan-soto-rumors-take-unexpected-twist-with-insiders-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=8900","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Juan Soto Rumors Take Unexpected Twist With Insider&#8217;s Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0sweepstakes could be barreling toward a conclusion, with reports that the slugger is close to making a nine-figure decision on his MLB future.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported\u00a0that the former\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0star, who hit free agency this offseason, is nearing a decision on a deal that could set MLB history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Juan Soto is on the verge of signing a monstrous deal that will certainly exceed a record $700 million \u2013 perhaps even reach $750 million \u2013 two officials with direct knowledge of negotiations told USA TODAY Sports,&#8221; Nightengale reported on Sunday. &#8220;The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly comment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b63ee38438784bf3a5587b34bd9c87ae\" data-google-query-id=\"CIGul77fmYoDFXrIFgUdZcML_g\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/7b34e90a4fb4c249b1a3e914998ed6e4.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While the Yankees and\u00a0New York Mets\u00a0have been seen as frontrunners as both teams have owned with deep pocketbooks and are willing to spend, MLB insider\u00a0Greg Amsinger believes another team could be jumping into the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Amsinger predicted a wide-open race with no team above a 50% shot at signing Soto as of Sunday evening. He had the Mets as the most likely team at 38% likelihood followed by the\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-fc2c5731d217463a9b68b669a32ef7f3\" data-google-query-id=\"COaE_MDfmYoDFW7IFgUd2BwJFw\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/7b34e90a4fb4c249b1a3e914998ed6e4.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"136\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I believe the Toronto Blue Jays may be drastically large [favorites] and could throw money that is astronomically higher than the New York Yankees,&#8221; 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