Sports Illustrated | Pat McAvoy: As MLB clubs prepare for the first big item on the offseason calendar, the annual GM meetings, the Yankees will be setting their sights on Juan Soto. The Padres seem destined to deal the superstar outfielder ahead of his final year of team control, and multiple reports have now placed the Yankees, if nothing else, very interested in working out a deal. Short of Shohei Ohtani himself, there’s no move that would help the Yankees as much in 2024, but you know that San Diego knows that too.
MLBTR | Tim Dierkes, Anthony Franco, & Steve Adam: MLB Trade Rumors’ annual Top 50 Free Agents is back, and no surprise, Ohtani is top of the table, pegged to set records for both average annual value and total contract.