Just Now: CBSsports Break’s Down Juan Soto Departure From New York Yankees….

For a piece published on Wednesday, Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic suggested that All-Star outfielder Juan Soto won’t give the New York Yankees a significant discount ahead of reaching free agency and before he’s targeted by big-spending clubs such as the New York Mets.

Ghiroli later appeared on Wednesday’s edition of the SNY “Baseball Night in New York” program and hinted that Soto could experience a change of heart regarding that subject if the Yankees win the World Series this fall. “Soto wants to win,” Ghiroli explained. “…So, if the Yankees go out and they win a World Series, I do think that would matter to Juan Soto. But if the Yankees go and they make the playoffs, they lose in the first round, I think (Mets owner) Steve Cohen and (Mets president of baseball operations) David Stearns have an opportunity to lure Juan Soto to the Mets.”

Soto revealed ahead of Opening Day he wants to sign a long-term deal this fall that, theoretically, could allow him to finish his career with the club responsible for that contract.

The 25-year-old seems to be enjoying life with the Yankees after he joined them from the San Diego Padres via a December trade, but Ghiroli indicated in Wednesday’s piece that Soto, along with agent Scott Boras, ultimately will want to reset the market after the 2024 World Series.

Enter the previously mentioned Cohen, who made it known as recently as Wednesday he doesn’t “care about the cost side” of owning the Mets coming off what many deemed to be an underwhelming offseason for the organization. While the Yankees have opened the ongoing campaign at 6-1, the Mets began Thursday at 0-4.

“He is the guy there bar none,” Ghiroli said about Soto possibly picking the Mets over the Yankees later this year. “…He could go and be the guy with the Mets.”

Ghiroli added that “everything we know” about key clubhouse figures within the Mets such as shortstop Francisco Lindor and utility man Jeff McNeil leads her to believe they’d happily let Soto thrive in the spotlight of being the club’s main star.

The Yankees, of course, feature 2022 American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge as their captain. “If Steve Cohen says, ‘Let’s go. I don’t care what he wants. We’re going to win this,'” Ghiroli continued, “…Scott Boras and Juan Soto, based on what they have said, based on their past, I find it very hard to believe that they

The 2024 New York Yankees are positively addicted to trading with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Who knows why? Maybe the two sides match up well and feel comfortable solving one another’s problems. Maybe it’s all residual from the Joey Gallo/Clayton Beeter trade.

Regardless, the Dodgers came to the rescue again on Tuesday evening in their ongoing search to complete their bullpen. Just like they were back in December when the Dodgers needed some 40-man players taken off their hands (thanks for Victor González and Jorbit Vivas!), the Yankees were happy to oblige.

New York was surprisingly willing to ditch left-hander Nick Ramirez last week as part of the roster shuffle that brought Tanner Tully temporarily to the big leagues (and knocked Beeter down to Scranton). Ramirez has sort of a baffling throwback arsenal, and it was somewhat unclear how it kept working in 2023, but it certainly did. He filled the Lucas Luetge role with aplomb, posting a 2.66 ERA in 40 2/3 innings (guarantee that number is lower than you thought it was).

Now, he’ll head to the Dodgers, who are reeling somewhat (somewhat, not really) after losing Brusdar Graterol for longer than expected. Ramirez can’t fire fastballs at 100+ MPH, but he can at least absorb some of the other innings they’ve lost by dealing González/Caleb Ferguson to … the Yankees. What a tangled web these two teams are already weaving.

Yankees trade lefty reliever Nick Ramirez to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash

Hopefully, Cash Considerations has nastier stuff than Jake Cousins, because we’re just about ready to end that experiment after Tuesday night.

The Yankees expanded their Triple-A reliever pipeline this week, adding Cousins, a rehabbing JT Brubaker and Phil Bickford while waiting for Tommy Kahnle’s shoulder to bounce back. It seems they were more comfortable relying on any of those arms rather than bringing Ramirez back to the bigs, and so the Yankees’ and Dodgers’ cosmic ballet continues.