Juan Soto free agency buzz: Mets reportedly among 11 teams that checked in on OF

Here is the latest buzz surrounding Yankees star Juan Soto‘s free agency…

Oct. 31, 9:23 p.m.

Although MLB free agency is still days away, teams have already begun courting Soto just hours after the Yankees’ season ended in Game 5 of the World Series.

Up to 11 teams have checked in on the star outfielder, and the number that may get a contract done with him is $700 million, Jon Heyman of the NY Post reports. Teams cannot discuss money until five days after the end of the World Series.

One of those reported 11 teams is seemingly the Mets.

The Mets are interested in acquiring Soto in free agency, according to The Post’s Mike Puma. It doesn’t come as any surprise, as a lot of money from contracts to Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander comes off the books this offseason.

“We’ve got financial flexibility,” president of baseball operations David Stearns said at Citi Field on Wednesday during his end-of-season news conference. “It means that pretty much the entirety of the player universe is potentially accessible to us. That’s an enormous opportunity. I envision us taking advantage of that opportunity, and being aggressive in certain spaces.”

Soto said after Game 5 that he desires to go to a winning team, but won’t close the door on any organization and that “every team has the same opportunity.”