The New York Yankees are in the middle of the Juan Soto sweepstakes. Soto’s bid has reportedly topped $600 million, and it’s only going up from there.

The superstar outfielder is expected to make a decision in the coming days and the Yankees remain one of the favorites to sign him.

New York could make a move alongside Soto that’s reminiscent of what the Los Angeles Dodgers did last winter when they signed Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the same offseason.

Jon Heyman of the New York Post recently revealed that the Yankees could try to sign both Soto and the best pitcher on the market, Corbin Burnes.

“Yanks, (Toronto Blue) Jays, (Boston) Red Sox, (San Francisco) Giants, (Baltimore) Orioles are among Corbin Burnes’ main players. NYY could potentially play both Soto and Burnes (but of course they are “If they did that, we would try to save money elsewhere,” Heyman wrote in a post on Twitter/X on Thursday.

Before I get into it too much, I want to say up front that it’s pretty unlikely that this idea will come to fruition. But there is a chance and I can present it here.

Soto is expected to sign between $650 million and $700 million. Burnes is expected to sign between $180 million and $250 million. If we meet in the middle, the total for signing both players in one offseason is $890 million.

However, the Yankees could take a cue from the Dodgers to make this happen. What am I talking about? Deferred money.

Soto reportedly rejected the idea of ​​deferred payment in his deal, but the same cannot be said for Burnes. If the Yankees can sign Soto and then negotiate a heavily deferred deal with Burnes, they could sign both guys in a week or two.

But that is also quite unlikely. If the Yankees sign Soto, the New York Mets are expected to aggressively pursue Burnes as a backup plan. I don’t see much of a chance for the Yankees to outbid Steve Cohen and the Mets for both Soto and Burnes.

More MLB: Mets expected to sign $255M Ace as contingency plan for Juan Soto