{"id":18683,"date":"2022-07-19T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yankees-gerrit-cole-wants-juan-soto-to-come-to-us\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:54:09","slug":"yankees-gerrit-cole-wants-juan-soto-to-come-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yankees-gerrit-cole-wants-juan-soto-to-come-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Gerrit Cole wants Juan Soto &#8216;to come to us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 More than 70 of the best baseball players in the world converged at Dodger Stadium on Monday in advance of Tuesday&#8217;s Midsummer Classic. <\/p>\n<p>But only one drew a buzz quite like Juan Soto. <\/p>\n<p>The superstar outfielder, who could soon be new teammates with any number of his fellow All-Stars, was the center of attention.  With his agent, Scott Boras, standing a few feet away, Soto answered wave after wave of questions about his uncertain future and sudden availability heading into MLB&#8217;s Aug.  2 trade deadline after rejecting the Nationals&#8217; 15-year, $440 million extension offer. <\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Soto, who is under contract through 2024, insisted he would like to stay with the Nationals, the only team he has ever known since signing with them as an international free agent in 2015. But that decision may not be up to him anymore after he turned down their latest contract offer. <\/p>\n<p>So of course, Soto was asked on Monday about potential landing spots like Los Angeles, San Diego and, naturally, New York. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying in New York against the Mets, I love it,\u201d Soto said.  \u201cI love to play against them, hit the ball hard.  If you see my numbers at that field, it&#8217;s just amazing.  Against them, it&#8217;s a great feeling.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Juan Soto was the center of attention in Los Angeles ahead of the All-Star Game<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 30 career games at Citi Field, Soto has hit .350 with 10 home runs and a 1,173 OPS.  He has haunted Mets pitchers, though they have plenty of company in that regard. <\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the possibility of Soto and his left-handed swing becoming better acquainted with the short porch at Yankee Stadium. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve never hit the ball over there,\u201d said Soto, who has three home runs in four career games in The Bronx but went opposite-field twice and right-center once.  \u201cPlaying against the Yankees is really cool, to hear the noise and shut it down.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Where Soto lands could change the complexion of the playoff race and October baseball \u2014 if he is, in fact, traded in the next two weeks \u2014 both for the team that gets him and those that will have to figure out how to get him out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know where I really don&#8217;t want him going \u2014 I don&#8217;t want him going up to Boston,\u201d Yankees ace Gerrit Cole said.  \u201cBut if he&#8217;s going to go, I want him to come to us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hate to see him go to a team that we gotta play down the stretch,\u201d Yankees star Aaron Judge said.  \u201cIt&#8217;d be fun to see him be in New York or wherever he wants to be.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/071722Yankees114MF.jpg?resize=1024%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gerrit Cole\" class=\"wp-image-23106711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/071722Yankees114MF.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/071722Yankees114MF.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/071722Yankees114MF.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Gerrit Cole hopes Juan Soto does not join one of the Yankees&#8217; potential playoff opponents. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michelle Farsi\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, he would be a good fit on the other side of New York, too. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;d be phenomenal,\u201d Mets All-Star Starling Marte said of sharing the outfield with Soto.  \u201cHe&#8217;s one of those guys that doesn&#8217;t have any flaws.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI hope we can get the chance to have him on our team,\u201d Mets All-Star closer Edwin Diaz said. <\/p>\n<p>The Yankees and Mets in attendance were not the only ones talking about the potential of adding the generational talent to their lineup \u2014 Manny Machado, for example, said he hoped Soto would soon be wearing a Padres uniform \u2014 even if Soto himself wasn&#8217;t thrilled about the extension talks and trade possibility becoming public. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple weeks ago, they were saying they would never trade me,\u201d Soto said.  \u201cNow all these things have come out.  It feels really uncomfortable.  You don&#8217;t know what to trust.  But at the end of the day, it&#8217;s out of my hands what decision they make.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Nationals could still throw a wrench into any potential plans and not deal him before the trade deadline.  But at least for one day, Soto&#8217;s fellow All-Stars allowed themselves to dream a little. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only say historically, that anyone who trades Juan Soto usually has to say to himself, &#8216;How do I find a replacement for Juan Soto?&#8217;  \u201d Boras said.  \u201cIf that replacement comes in four pods, rather than one, and those pods are at different levels of the game \u2014 I wouldn&#8217;t want to be the one that&#8217;s the advocate that has to explain the comparability of that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be an extremely difficult process, knowing the person who receives Juan is getting the immediate benefit of a player that is extraordinary and in his prime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 More than 70 of the best baseball players in the world converged at Dodger Stadium on Monday in advance of Tuesday&#8217;s Midsummer Classic. But only one drew a buzz quite like Juan Soto. The superstar outfielder, who could soon be new teammates with any number of his fellow All-Stars, was the center &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yankees-gerrit-cole-wants-juan-soto-to-come-to-us\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yankees&#8217; Gerrit Cole wants Juan Soto &#8216;to come to us&#8217;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2545,1055,661,7955,1476,1002,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18505,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-soto-really-uncomfortable-with-nationals-trade-rumors\/","url_meta":{"origin":18683,"position":0},"title":"Juan Soto &#8216;really uncomfortable&#8217; with Nationals trade rumors","date":"July 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Juan Soto is the talk of the town at MLB All-Star week amid the superstar's sudden availability. 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