Yankees GM gives 'simple' answer to question about team keeping Juan Soto

New York Yankees wide manager Brian Cashman is alert however pivotal pending declaration negotiations with Juan Soto are going to beryllium erstwhile the World Series is over.

The Soto acquisition was a boon for the Yankees erstwhile they traded for him successful the offseason with the San Diego Padres. 

He deed .288 with 41 location runs successful the regular play and is 11-for-33 with 3 location runs successful the Yankees’ postseason tally this year.

Cashman smiled Friday nighttime earlier Game 1 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers erstwhile asked by Fox News Digital what it would instrumentality to bring him back.

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The New York Yankees' Juan Soto hits a location tally during the 3rd inning successful Game 1 of the ALCS Oct. 14, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"A lot," helium said. "Simple arsenic that."

Cashman said Soto was conscionable astir everything the enactment hoped helium would be. He’s arguably the third-best subordinate competing successful the World Series.

"We surely hoped," helium said. "We gave up a batch and, thankfully, we got a lot. So, hopefully, he’s got a small spot much successful him to go."

The Soto negotiations volition beryllium the focal constituent of the Yankees’ offseason careless of the effect implicit the adjacent week.

The New York Yankees' Juan Soto speaks during media time earlier the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Soto, who conscionable turned 26, was asked astir escaped bureau Friday and deferred to cause Scott Boras.

"Scott has been doing a truly bully job," Soto told The Associated Press. "He’s been taking each the bullets and everything. I’m conscionable focused connected playing shot close now."

He antecedently turned down a 15-year, $440 cardinal woody erstwhile helium was with the Washington Nationals. But that seems similar ages ago.

The New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates aft hitting a location tally against the Cleveland Guardians during the 3rd inning of Game 1 of the ALCS Oct. 14, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Soto is acceptable to constitute the adjacent section of his career. It whitethorn commencement with a 2nd World Series ring with the winningest franchise successful shot history.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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