Juan Soto, the winter's top free agent, has begun the process of eliminating teams from contention for his services, agent Scott Boras said during Blake Snell's introductory press conference with the Dodgers media.

The 26-year-old Dominican lefty is expected to make his final decision by the end of Winter Meetings at the latest, which would set a deadline of Dec. 12, The Athletic reported Tuesday, following on a similar report from the Associated Press. Soto's agent Scott Boras, though, said he doesn't expect an "imminent" decision.

It's going to cost quite the contract to land Juan Soto this offseason. Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic reported Tuesday that bidding

The floor for Juan Soto is $600 million. The bidding for the free-agent MLB outfielder has surpassed that amount, according to two people briefed on the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly.

The floor for Juan Soto’s contract appears to be $600M. Ken Rosenthal, Evan Drellich and Brendan Kuty of the Athletic report that every team that remains in the Soto bidding has made a formal offer at or above that number.

With each day that passes, there's more anticipation for where superstar free agent Juan Soto will sign and agree to play baseball potentially for the rest of his career. The Boston Red Sox, along with the New York Mets,