How Many Years Should Red Sox Offer Juan Soto In Potential Megamove?

Juan Soto remains the top free agent on the market and the Red Sox are absolutely in the mix as one of four teams that met with the 26-year-old to start the offseason.

Soto is going to get a monumental contract that will easily be for longer than a decade and approach, or exceed, $600 million. So, if the Red Sox end up making a competitive offer to Soto, how many years should they offer in the deal?

Whatever that answer is, NESN’s George Balekji and Travis Thomas emphasized why Soto makes sense on the latest episode of “Boston Has Entered The Chat.”

“Whatever the salary is, whatever the length of the contract is, I keep coming back to it is worth it because at 26 years old, he’s not 30; at 26 years old, you’re getting the best hitter in baseball,” Balekji said. “… He is the star of the biggest moments in baseball. He would step in and be a leader for the Red Sox. He’d be the face of the team as well. He would be the man.”

You can catch the full segment from this episode of “Boston Has Entered The Chat” on YouTube or on Spotify.