Keeping Soto in pinstripes a top priority, but competition is heavy
The final celebration of the 2024 baseball season was less than an hour old, an ocean of Dodger blue spilling from Yankee Stadium’s diamond into the visitors' clubhouse and back again, and Juan Soto had already shifted into winter mode.
Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
- Spinning: Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
- Backwards: Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
The final celebration
Spinning his cap backwards
Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
Yankee Stadium’s diamond
Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
Spinning his cap backwards
- Spinning his cap backwards atop his head
- His excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.
- Center of the Yankees' clubhouse
Spinning his cap backwards atop his head, the sport’s most coveted free agent-to-be stood at the center of the Yankees' clubhouse -- possibly for the final time, perhaps not -- as he expressed gratitude for his time in pinstripes, and his excitement for what the weeks ahead might bring.