New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman met with agent Scott Boras about free agents Juan Soto and Pete Alonso this week at baseball\'s general managers meetings in San Antonio.
Cashman also revealed that he had a conversation with Soto after the Yankees fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
\"I had a chance to thank him for everything and told him we\'d be in touch,\" Cashman said. \"And then since that time I\'ve talked to obviously Scott, as well, and so he\'ll get a feel for the dance steps that Juan Soto wants and he\'ll keep us in the loop.\"
Soto, 26, is expected to command a contract of $500 million or more. He spent one season with the Yankees after coming over in a December trade with the San Diego Padres.
Cashman said New York was willing to meet with Soto as often as the player wanted.
\"We certainly have an interest in retaining him and we\'ll put our best foot forward there,\" Cashman said. \"That will either lead to us retaining him and signing him back or we\'ll be forced to go to a different direction if we can\'t. And if we can\'t, there\'s a lot of different players in this marketplace that can positively impact this roster in different ways.
\"Clearly that pressure point\'s not on us today, but it does exist in the marketplace every winter, so those are the tough decisions you have to make.\"
Via Associated Press