Juan Soto teased followers with a public announcement that had nothing to do along with his free-agency resolution.
The All-Star outfielder, who has the Yankees, Mets and different heavyweights lined as much as give him a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, is off the market — for power drinks.
“The announcement you’ve been waiting for,” Soto, 26, wrote on Instagram, together with a video of him at a press convention asserting that he joined Celsius as a model associate Tuesday. “What? You were waiting for a different announcement?”
Followers have been hoping Soto would announce the place he’ll take his skills subsequent season after a World Sequence run with the Yankees that fell quick to the Dodgers final month.
Many imagine Soto will determine to signal his subsequent mega deal someday across the Winter Conferences, which start Dec. 8 in Dallas.
The Mets have Steve Cohen — the richest proprietor within the sport — however the Yankees have a bonus of familiarity after Soto wore pinstripes in 2024.
“We’ll see what happens,” Cohen mentioned Monday whereas at an occasion for his New York Golf Membership within the TGL golf league. “We built a great team last year, I fully expect to do the same this year.”
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Yankees slugger Aaron Decide, who received his second AL MVP Award final week, made it clear that he desires Soto again in The Bronx throughout a gathering with Yankees proprietor Hal Steinbrenner on Friday in Tampa, the place they each stay.
Soto heard the “re-sign him” chants from Yankees devoted this previous season.
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Decide additionally loved it, as seen in a video of the superstars smiling within the outfield again in August.
