As the baseball world waits for news on where Juan Soto will sign, fans are holding on to clues wherever they can possibly get them.
One unlikely but potential source is the comments of a post on TikTok. But while others have remained fairly tight-lipped during the free agency process thus far leading up to the MLB winter meetings, some actual information on the New York Yankees star may have slipped through the cracks.
While none of this is confirmed and is purely speculative, the idea is that the son of New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza may have provided a bit too much insider knowledge to his social media.
Did Carlos Mendozas son just leak the Soto signing?!? pic.twitter.com/OPR0kfxBhO
— omzy (@omzy__) December 6, 2024
The first comment is from the user is that the Mets offered $700 million over 15 years.
That number is fairly similar to what was recently reported by ESPN’s Buster Olney and Jeff Passan, who both speculated that this deal could reach $700 million (and Olney mentioned 15 seasons).
Soto’s agent, Scott Boras, would likely want to top the deal that MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers last offseason. So that number would accomplish as much.
But why should anyone believe that this account belongs to Mendoza’s son?
His next comment said “bro do you know who inam” [sic] and if you go to his profile, the Mets are in his bio.
The two videos he has posted are both of the Mets, including one practicing with star short stop Francisco Lindor. The other caption is “my dad’s speech good?” with a video of Mendoza.
His username includes the name Adrian and Mendoza has two sons, and the eldest is a 12-year-old named Adrian. Hmmmmm!
