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It's going to cost quite the contract to land Juan Soto this offseason. Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic reported Tuesday that bidding

That the Boston Red Sox have been making an all-out push to sign generational free agent slugger Juan Soto has been widely reported. Now, a new report states that of the teams believed to be in contention for Soto the Red Sox have raced to the front of the pack.

“The Sox’s biggest need is a top-of-the-rotation starter,” Rosenthal wrote. “If they come away with Soto, they might prefer to complement him with a trade for the Chicago White Sox’s Garrett Crochet, who will earn a projected $2.9 million in arbitration and remain under club control through 2026.”

Juan Soto, the winter's top free agent, has begun the process of eliminating teams from contention for his services, agent Scott Boras said during Blake Snell's introductory press conference with the Dodgers media.