Juan Soto’s looming payday now expected to be $600 million

· New York Post

The whisper number for Juan Soto now is $600 million.

Word was that he would have eclipsed that with beloved late Padres owner Peter Seidler. And now Soto added his best full regular season, showed he can thrive in New York and reaffirmed the belief he’s a postseason player.

In any case, hard to see how the Yankees let him get away now.

Yankees outfielder Juan Soto hits a solo home run during the third inning in Game 1 against the Cleveland Guardians. JASON SZENES/NEW YORK POST

Aaron Boone seems likely for an extension now, with the Yankees close to making it to the World Series. They were the best team in the AL, but he caught a break drawing two AL Central teams.

The playoffs are a crapshoot, but not when the Yankees play the Central (it should be seven straight series wins for the Yanks; it feels like forever since the Tigers knocked them out three times).

The Yankees were 24-7 vs. Central teams during the regular season, and if they beat Cleveland that’ll be 7-0 vs. the Central in October since 2017 in an era when they didn’t exactly dominate the playoffs.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor throws out Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernandez #37 during the 7th inning of NLCS Game 3. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Francisco Lindor was unfairly snubbed by not qualifying as a Gold Glove finalist. Just like he was snubbed for the All-Star team.

Don’t forget, writers have nothing to do with Gold Gloves.