Reports: Blue Jays Are Going "All Out" To Sign Juan Soto

While the New York Yankees and New York Mets remain the two leading candidates by far to sign superstar Juan Soto in free agency this winter, a couple of reports say that we should not count out the Toronto Blue Jays.

According to Hector Gomez, an insider with knowledge of the Hispanic baseball world, the Blue Jays — who made a failed attempt to trade for Soto from the San Diego Padres last offseason — will be going "all out" to sign the young hitting star.

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Shockingly, noted baseball insider Jeff Passan can perhaps even see it happening, as he said on Sportsnet Radio this weekend.

“One curiosity I have is how serious [the Blue Jays] are about Soto, because I think Soto would be serious about them.” Hmm.

Blue Jays fans have been left with heartbreak before after taking a big swing at a premium superstar. Last winter, they were supposedly the runner-up in trying to sign Shohei Ohtani, though others suggest they were being "used" by the Ohtani camp to boost the offer of his true preferred team, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It worked, because as we all know, the Dodgers gave Ohtani the sport's largest contract ever, $700 million. Now we've heard that Soto (and certainly his agent, Scott Boras) wants to at least match or top that number.

The Jays have been relegated to an also-ran, some would say 'laughingstock' after continuing to stay the course with beleaguered general manager Ross Atkins and team president Mark Shapiro, even after nine years of failure under the duo that reached a low point in 2024. The Jays, perhaps, will do anything to try to turn the reputation of the franchise around, and securing a player of Soto's calibre just might do it.

If Soto is interested in winning, he will likely be deciding amongst the Yankees, Mets and Dodgers. But if Toronto really puts an offer on the table that tops all of those marquee teams, it wouldn't be a complete shock for Soto & Boras to take it and claim the new record for largest contract ever.

Nevertheless, skepticism reigns supreme north of the border.