Dwight Gooden has interesting take on how Juan Soto’s free agency will play out
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Doc Gooden has played for and won World Series titles, a decade apart, with both the Mets and the Yankees.
And the former Cy Young award winner thinks “it will be interesting” to see whether the local teams slug it out for supreme free-agent Juan Soto this winter.
“Me, personally, I don’t see it [happening]. I think the only way — and this is just my opinion — but the only way the Mets really go after Soto is if the Yanks can’t sign him,” Gooden said Saturday at the Fanatics Fest NYC at Javits Center. “Then, I do think the Mets will step in and go after him. But normally, you don’t ever see the two teams going after the same guy.
“But if you’re trying to win, and you’re interested in Soto, ya gotta put all the friendship and personal stuff aside and do what you gotta do to make your team better.”
Soto has teamed with fellow Yankees superstar Aaron Judge to form a lethal offensive duo in pinstripes, with 34 homers, 87 RBIs and a 1.038 OPS, which is behind only Judge’s 1.171 OPS in MLB this season.
“He’s legit. If I’m starting a franchise, I’m not saying I’d give him whatever he wants, but I’m making him very happy for the next 10 years and [would] build my team around him,” Gooden added.
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