The Red Sox look even more stupid here if they sign him at $600M+. They could have signed Betts and Bogaerts for almost that total and you still walk away with a generational type player + plus Xander.
Why? I would think opposite. Go all in. Especially since you have Soto under contract for longer some of the guys you would have under control and move them to help now.
Yeah, it seemed like they spent on the guys worth spending on like Betts, Freeman, Ohtani: true superstars in the game. Yamamoto if he lives up to the hype.