The Mets, who have dropped $90 million in salary this offseason, are expected to be joined by the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, among others, in pursuing Soto, who hit a career-high 41 home runs in the regular season, with a 178 OPS+, the second-highest of his career.

A new report suggests that Juan Soto will not be the only big-time free agent the New York Mets and New York Yankees engage in a bitter battle to sign this offseason. This is going to be a pivotal next few weeks and months for both the Mets and Yankees.

Hal Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees, is attempting to one-up the Mets - meeting with Juan Soto in Southern California after Steve Cohen was planning to do so