Jon Heyman doesn't expect Cubs to be serious suitors for Juan Soto

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00:00John, got to ask you this before we let you go.

00:02Of those eight teams, what are the chances the Cubs are one of the group that are going

00:08to pursue Juan Soto?

00:10And if they do, do they have any realistic chance of landing him?

00:14Well, I'm sure they'll make the call.

00:16I mean, I don't know that one of the eight teams that called already.

00:21Probably 12 teams will eventually call because I think if you're a big market team and you

00:26don't at least put your hat in the ring, the fan base is going to go nuts.

00:30Are they a realistic team to get him?

00:32I doubt it.

00:33I mean, I'm just looking at the history, right?

00:35The $177 million for Dansby Swanson was really stepping out for them.

00:40You know, they are a big market, obviously, big revenue team, certainly a top 10 revenue

00:45team.

00:46But, you know, do they have the revenues of the Yankees or the Dodgers or the Mets or

00:50the Red Sox?

00:52Not quite.

00:53And, you know, the Dodgers have a big advantage now.

00:56That Otani contract is just enormous for them.

00:59I mean, you know, it's $70 million a year, but with $68 million a year deferred, the

01:05actual value of it is being figured out by some people at least around $29 million.

01:11So and again, many, many times that in sponsorship and marketing money.

01:19He himself is a cash cow for the team, and I think he will allow them to sign anybody

01:25they want over the next nine years if he wants to go, and they will go for him if he wants

01:31to go.

01:32Now, there was some talk when he was in San Diego, it was uneven, he wanted to be on the

01:36East Coast.

01:37I mean, all this is speculation.

01:39We've been saying he prefers the Yankees, and you heard what he said, and that was just

01:43a script.

01:44What does he really think?

01:45You know, I don't know, but he did waste his time.

01:47I don't think he's that cranky who will go for the dollar, $1 more, but, you know, there

01:53is some level at which he will accept a little bit less money to go to a preferred team,

02:01but I don't really think we know who the preferred team is at this point.

02:06He's not going to say anything.

02:08He's going to play it the way his agent, Scott Boris, wants him to play it.