Everything's been coming up New York Mets of late in the Juan Soto sweepstakes. The team's meeting with Soto — notably, the only one that took place away from the headquarters of agent Scott Boras — seemed to go as well as it possibly could have,

The wooing of Juan Soto, easily the most coveted free agent on the market and one of the best ever to hit said market, is getting serious. You can make a case that the incumbent New York Yankees are the favorites to bring him back to the Bronx,

Steinbrenner previously called the Yankees’ 2024 payroll unsustainable, as they went above $300 million for the first time in franchise history. He reiterated that point on Wednesday, but noted that a lot of money has come off the pennant-winning team’s books thanks to a few in-house free agents.