The story of the upcoming offseason will be that of Juan Soto’s free agency. It will be fascinating to see where he signs and how much money he makes. Since his contract projection is so massive, only a select group of teams will actually have a legitimate chance to sign him.

THE New York Yankees are probably the favorites right now, considering he’s currently on the team and helped lead them to the World Series. If the Yankees are willing to give Soto what he wants financially, it would be virtually impossible to turn them down.

THE New York Mets area popular suitor for Soto, given that they are owned by the sport’s richest owner, Steve Cohen. New York’s flight to the NLCS should only help their cause as well.

Other big market teams, like the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, may make sense if they are aggressive enough, but ultimately most analysts expect him to This is a bidding war in New York for one of the greatest talents we have. seen in recent memory. This explosive report from Jon Heyman of the NY Post, however, suggests that there is another suitor lurking, and it’s the worst possible suitor for MLB fans. It’s true, the Los Angeles Dodgers should enter the Soto draw according to Heyman.

“The Dodgers, already arguably the best offense in baseball — it’s them or the Yankees — intend to make a play for Soto ‘if he’s interested’ coming up, sources say.”

For more news and rumors, check out MLB Insider Robert Murray’s work at The Baseball Insiders Podcastsubscribe to The moonshotour weekly MLB newsletter, and join the Discord for exclusive information leading up to the MLB offseason.

The duo of Soto and Aaron Judge was already considered unfair by many. So signing with the Dodgers would be downright ridiculous. How exactly would a team start Shohei Ohtani, Soto, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman at the top of that order four times per game? Oh yeah, they wouldn’t.

The Dodgers are two victories away to win the World Series despite a large number of pitchers on the IL, with Freeman playing on one leg throughout the postseason and solid contributors like Will Smith and Gavin Lux being mostly absent in October. There’s a very good chance the Dodgers will be even better next season without So imagine how good they would be to him.

Watching Soto on the biggest stage like we have this season would be great, but it would be so much better to see him face the Dodgers, not join them. So, signing a mega-deal to join Los Angeles would be reminiscent of what Kevin Durant did when he signed with the Golden State Warriors.

There are no guarantees in MLB, but Soto going to the Dodgers would be just as close to guaranteeing them annual World Series wins, which is the last thing MLB fans should want to see. The Dodgers should absolutely continue down this path, but fans shouldn’t buy into it.