Juan Soto Rumors: Yankees View Red Sox As ‘Favorite’ To Land Slugger

The Boston Red Sox may have a greater chance to sign Juan Soto than originally thought at the start of the offseason.

NJ.com’s Randy Miller has had a busy few weeks of Soto updates and shared another one Monday that positively portrays Boston.

“The Red Sox have emerged as a favorite — maybe THE favorite — to land Yankees free agent Juan Soto, two people with knowledge of the contract negotiations told NJ Advance Media,” Miller wrote Monday. “The Yankees are still hopeful of re-signing Soto, but they’re now more worried about their AL East rival Red Sox than the crosstown rival Mets, who have the richest owner in Steve Cohen.”

Miller also first reported the Red Sox as one of five teams to make an initial offer to Soto and how the Yankees may “fear” Boston in the race for the generational slugger.

Soto appears ready to make his blockbuster decision before the conclusion of next week’s Winter Meetings.