At long last, Juan Soto is a Yankee. Here are some questions and answers in the aftermath of the deal: How would you evaluate the deal and what grades would you give each team? The Yankees had to pay a steep price — especially considering they are guaranteed only one year of Soto before he hits free agency — but it was a deal they had to make. Of the five players they parted with — Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vasquez, Jhony Brito and Kyle Higashioka in exchange for...

Major League Baseball teams and fans alike have spent the first month or so of the offseason anxiously awaiting the chance to see where two-way phenomenon Shohei Ohtani signs in free agency. But another blockbuster move involving one of the game's other best players will have to make do in the meantime. The New York Yankees acquired three-time All-Star Juan Soto in a seven-player deal with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night as the league's winter meetings came to a close. Among the haul that went back to the...

The New York legend got what he asked for. The Yankees made the biggest move of the MLB offseason thus far, trading for star outfielder Juan Soto on Wednesday night. While many New York fans were asking for the trade, one Yankees legend called his shot months before the deal went through. At the MLB All-Star Game in July, Derek Jeter said he wanted to see the Yankees trade for Soto to improve their team. While Jeter was first talking about the trade deadline, San Diego chose to hold off...

As the New York Yankees wake up Thursday to the thrill of Juan Soto, they should absolutely be in this moment. It’s a glorious day when the industry’s biggest powerhouse adds a generational hitter to team with the game’s best offensive force in Aaron Judge. Yet it’s also instructive to consider the dominant emotion Soto’s old team, the San Diego Padres, are exuding across the country. Oh, make no mistake, dealing Soto – and the Padres had little choice, given his massive arbitration salary, his pending free agent status and...

NASHVILLE – A rival American League manager walked out of Wednesday morning’s annual managers’ breakfast seeking information, specifically about the Yankees’ pursuit of Juan Soto. Informed indications were that the Yankees and Padres likely would reach a deal at some point that day for the left-handed hitting outfielder, the manager nodded his head. “You have a chance to get a player like that, even for [one year], you have to do it. Have to,” he told Newsday. “What are the chances any of those [players traded] turning out to be...

Late last evening, the Yankees and Padres pulled the trigger on the deal that brings superstar Juan Soto to New York. It will also deliver CF Trent Grisham to the Bronx, with pitchers Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony Brito, Randy Vasquez and catcher Kyle Higashioka headed to San Diego. This comes on the heels of the deal that brought OF Alex Verdugo over from the Red Sox in exchange for pitching prospects Richard Fitts, Greg Weissert and Nicholas Judice. Also, the Yanks lost a trio of pitchers in the major...

The Yankees standout spoke with a New York television station about the trade that brought the coveted outfielder to the Bronx. Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge spoke to a television station in New York on Thursday morning, hours after the franchise completed a blockbuster trade to land 25-year-old All-Star outfielder Juan Soto from the Padres. “I’m excited,” Judge told Fox 5 New York. “We gave up quite a few pieces to get him, you know, but he’s a generational talent. His track record, his stats speak for themselves. I think...

There isn’t much of a question about just how much firepower Juan Soto brings to The Bronx. But there are plenty of reasons to wonder about if he’s worth the risk the Yankees are taking with their future. The Yankees acquired the 25-year-old superstar outfielder from the Padres on Wednesday night, along with Trent Grisham, in exchange for a haul of pitchers Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony Brito, Randy Vasquez and catcher Kyle Higashioka. They initially balked at including King, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported earlier in the day, but...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. − The keys to a blockbuster deal were Michael King and Drew Thorpe. At first, the Yankees had balked at including both King and Thorpe in a trade with the San Diego Padres for slugger Juan Soto, whom Yankees GM Brian Cashman called "a transformational bat, one of the best hitters in the game.'' But to get that kind of offense − even with a player entering his free-agent walk year − required a hefty cost in the type of pitching that San Diego desired. Before striking Wednesday's...

The instant Juan Soto rejected the $440 million offer of a new contract from the Washington Nationals in the middle of July 2022, speculation was rampant whether the Yankees would be involved. At the time, the Yankees did their due diligence like most teams would do but they also did not necessarily need to do it based primarily on their lofty position atop the AL East. This time around, the Yankees were the logical destination once it surfaced the Padres were paring payroll after 82 wins – the same amount...