DALLAS – Now what?

The Yankees learned Sunday night that their last and best offer — $760 million for 16 years — wasn’t good enough to bring Juan Soto back to the Bronx.

A player most often compared to Ted Williams will spend his next 15 seasons in Queens, assuming his opt-out is rejected or annulled.

The Yankees have one less generational superstar and many, many questions unanswered, such as:

Now, will they use that $760 million on other players in 2025?

There are many precedents, most recently the Yankees doling out $458 million to Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Masahiro Tanaka after losing Robinson Cano after the 2013 season.

They will take a similar approach and hope that several good to very good players can compensate for the loss of an all-timer.

Still, Hal Steinbrenner — who approved his first $300 million payroll last season — is unlikely to give the green light to a $760 million winter after repeatedly saying it was unsustainable for the Yankees , to continue ownership at this level. It’s safe to assume that such an effort could only be bestowed on a 26-year-old Soto.

The Mets outsold the Yankees and set a new financial standard in sports. Are the Mets the new Yankees and the Yankees the new Mets?

Nope.

The only team that spent more money than the Yankees last season was the Mets.

The Yankees offered Soto $47.5 million for 16 seasons, an offer that would have made history without Steve Cohen.

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Yes, the Mets are the new financial giants in sports.

No, the Yankees aren’t cheap.

What should Yankees fans think about Soto?

There will be some who understand that a free agent went to the highest bidder, which is common practice.

There will be more – many more – who saw the Yankees make an offer in the same stratosphere and be rejected.

From day one as a Yankee, Soto was a Bronx darling who could do no wrong (and did little wrong).

The next time he shows up at his former home – on May 16, 2025 – he will likely be treated as a traitor.

Could this be a blessing in disguise?

Secure. Huge contracts often go wrong.

Soto is an extremely gifted hitter who is neither a gifted fielder nor a gifted runner and will be a designated hitter at some point.

A contract can become an albatross with one or two injuries.

What do the last six seasons of Mike Trout’s mega deal look like?

The Yankees’ 2025 hopes look bleaker, but smart moves that divvy up the hundreds of millions of dollars left would make them a World Series threat.

After such a blow to the stomach, they don’t have time to keel over for long.