Confirmed deal : Red Sox to Sign $89 Million Outfield Slugger if Juan Soto Bid Fails Prediction

 

The Boston Red Sox remain major players in the Juan Soto sweepstakes, making the generational outfielder a 12 year contract offer worth $600 million, according to one report. Other reports have put the Red Sox bid even higher than that. But what if Boston’s bid fails anyway?

Even the Red Sox may not be able to compete with a bid from the deep pocketed New York Mets. That doesn’t mean, however, that Boston chief of baseball operations Craig Breslow will give up the hunt for a power outfield bat. The team has already cut ties with Tyler O’Neill, who gave the Red Sox 31 home runs in just 411 at bats in 2024, leaving the Red Sox with a significant hole to fill when it comes to the long ball in the lineup.

No other Red Sox hitter swatted more than 28. That was Rafael Devers, while breakout outfield star Jarren Duran added 21 round-trippers

Soto hit a career high 41 in his one year with the New York Yankees in 2024. But according to a prediction by baseball insider Jim Bowden, a former general manager for the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds who now writes for The Athletic, the Red Sox could target a power-hitting outfielder who actually hit more home runs than Soto last year, one who would come at a fraction of the cost.