Shortly after the Yankees lost a do-or-die Wild Card game to the Red Sox in 2021, the words of a hulking hitter echoed throughout Fenway Park’s cramped visitor’s clubhouse. With the Yankees

Even before Giancarlo Stanton homered for a fourth time in the five-game ALCS on Saturday night in Cleveland, the narrative surrounding his tenure with the Yankees had been altered by another

Stanton is under contract through 2028, but Soto is a free agent this offseason. The former knows how important it is that the Yankees make re-signing Soto priority No. 1 this offseason. “We need him to stay. He’s going to stay. We need to bring it home, and then we’ll bring him home also,” Stanton said to Bryan Hoch after the clinching Game 5.