Juan Soto would make any team better. But exactly how much better varies. We put a number on it.
Juan Soto would make any team better . But exactly how much better varies. We put a number on it. From a pure baseball standpoint, Soto's pending decision should capture the interest of all 30 teams. News flash: Soto is really good. He's also still only 26 and the team that lands him should get to watch him continue to build on a first-ballot Hall of Fame career for the next decade or more.
So let's talk about some of those suitors. The rumor mill has given us five leading possibilities -- teams believed to have already forwarded offers to Soto and superagent Scott Boras. Those are the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Red Sox and Blue Jays.• The Phillies, just because you never know when Dave Dombrowski will swoop in.
The figures above, listed with each team, are just cold numbers, meaning they don't include possible intangible benefits that matter in the real world. Such things are hard to capture in this kind of analytical exercise but they are important. Which is kind of sad, but that's the reality. Even if Kansas City could entice Soto to take its money, his deal would be really hard to work around when it comes to building out its rosters over the next decade.
Still, the playoffs are the playoffs. The Dodgers are a cinch to return to October with or without Soto. Signing him helps them once they are there but guarantees them nothing.When you look at the Phillies' depth chart, you can see how the thumbnail of plus-five wins with a Soto signing might be a little low. They need help out in the grass.
In other words, one big motivation for the Phillies to go all-in for Soto is simply to keep him away from the Mets -- and the rest of the National League.The Red Sox land here because of a modest impact on their pennant and World Series odds. That simply means they have more work to do on their roster than baseball's current set of elite teams. However, none of the Soto suitors got a bigger regular-season boost in simulations than Boston.
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