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An insider predicts the timing of Juan Soto’s free agent decision.

An insider predicts the timing of Juan Soto’s free agent decision.

MLB free agent players in the form of agent Scott Boras took a tumble last MLB offseason. more than $150 million missing forecasts for the guaranteed money they received under contracts.

This doesn’t appear to affect how All-Star outfielder Juan Soto handles his free agent journey following the New York Yankees’ loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in this year’s World Series.

“From now until Soto signs, everyone will be looking for signs of where he will spend the next part of his career,” MLB insider. Disha Thosar of Fox Sports wrote an article published Thursday afternoon. “Since he is a client of Scott Boras, we already know that the super agent tends wait until the teams make him their best and most profitable offers. Last year, several of Boras’ top free agents didn’t sign until mid-to-late spring training in March. Soto is fully prepared for the same process and result with his own free agency.”

Soto highly recommended after the Yankees lost Game 5 on Wednesday night, he will sign with the highest bidder and will not give the Bronx Bombers any discounts in negotiations.

Jim Bowden from The Athletic and others previously mentioned the Yankees, Dodgers, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs. And The Toronto Blue Jays are a team that could afford to sign the 26-year-old. The Blue Jays are reportedly preparing for Soto. “astronomical proposal” already next week.

Even before the World Series began, it was said that a big-spending owner like Steve Cohen of the Mets could offer Soto a deal worth up to $600 million. Thursday morning ESPN correspondent Karl Ravech predicted Soto’s contract “will be around $700 million.”

Also on Thursday SNY’s Danny Abriano argued that the Mets could be the favorites to win the Soto Sweepstakes due to Cohen’s “willingness and ability to outperform any team for any player.” Plus, the Mets just finished a trip to the National League Championship Series and have a ton of money in the bank.

“There is pressure to perform (with the Mets),” Abriano added, “but it doesn’t compare to the busy, high-pressure atmosphere in the Bronx, where the type of facial hair, the length of it, etc. on your head and the number of chains, that you wear controlled from above.”

The only thing that’s certain about Soto’s Halloween future is that it doesn’t look like he’ll be making a final decision anytime soon.