If Juan Soto somehow miraculously signs with the Boston Red Sox, there will be two waves of reactions. First, "HOLY BLEEP!" Second, "Okay, where do we go from here?" Every team should want Soto, who may be the best pure hitter in Major League Baseball and is still only 26 years old.

The Boston Red Sox play in the AL East, one of the toughest divisions in Major League Baseball. In a division that includes the New York Yankees, the Red Sox must stay active in their player signings each year to keep up.

The Boston Red Sox continue to appear serious in their pursuit of generational free agent slugger Juan Soto. But even if Boston succeeds in landing the star who ranked fourth in the 2024 MLB.com Hitter Power Rankings,