The Yankees rival was recently deemed “FAVLING” to sign Juan Soto

Three of the New York Yankees’ biggest rivals are considered finalists in the ongoing competition to sign slugger Juan Soto.

Those three teams are the New York Mets, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Boston Red Sox. Of course, the Mets are the Yankees’ cross-town rival, while the other two teams both play in the AL East.

Although the baseball world knows that no rivalry matches the Yankees and Red Sox. And that’s why Yankees fans won’t like to hear what NJ.com’s Randy Miller had to say in an article from December 2.

“The Red Sox have emerged as the favorite — perhaps the favorite — to land Yankees free agent Juan Soto, two people with knowledge of the contract negotiations told NJ Advance Media,” Miller wrote.

“The Yankees are still hopeful of repeating Soto, but they are now more worried about their AL East rival Red Sox than the crosstown rival Mets, who have the richest owner in Steve Cohen.”

While it’s disheartening to hear the Red Sox have become favorites to secure Soto, Miller’s bleak picture of the Yankees’ chances of landing him got even worse later in the article.

“A person with knowledge of the discussions believes the Red Sox, Mets and Blue Jays have all submitted offers upwards of $600 million, while the Yankees are in the $550 million range,” he wrote.

“Soto’s first offer from the Mets was $660 million, according to retired All-Star second baseman Carlos Baerga. If that’s correct, the Yankees likely have no chance for Soto because one of the people told NJ Advance Media the Yankees expect the final offer to be under $600 million, and the Yankees are prepared to move forward if the price comes above $600 million.”

If this report is true, it looks like the Yankees’ chances of re-signing Soto are already close to zero.