Over the past weekend, the New York Yankees acquired their starting first baseman by signing Paul Goldschmidt to a one-year, $12.5 million contract. Despite a d

The deal is worth $12.5 million and comes after several weeks of the Yankees being linked to various free agent first basemen, including Christian Walker (who signed a three-year deal with the Astros) and Pete Alonso, the New York Mets' free agent who remains unsigned.

The Yankees were in on Soto until the very end, but ultimately could not match the Mets final offer which, plus incentives, could equal a rate greater than $800 million over the s