Juan Soto is turning 26 years old on Friday, which is the same day that the Yankees and Dodgers are set to face off in Game 1 of the World Series.

"That's for another day," Boone said. "Look, Juan has obviously been a central figure for us all year. Hit an amazing home run that helped us clinch a ticket to the World Series. The biggest thing, just getting to be around Juan this year, he's proven to be an amazing teammate, great person to get to know, and obviously a great player.

LOS ANGELES — Those pretty left-handed swings that you see from Juan Soto, like the one in Cleveland last weekend that won the pennant for the Yankees, that’s the way he was as a kid, too. “I really swung the bat well,” Soto said before the Yankees’ World Series-eve workout at Dodger Stadium.

The latest prediction on Juan Soto doesn't look good for the New York Yankees, as the superstar was predicted to sign with the New York Mets.

It was Feb. 25 at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa in a split-squad spring training game against the Blue Jays. Soto grounded out and walked in his first two plate appearances. Then he banged an opposite-field homer off the scoreboard in leftfield, a place few lefthanded hitters have visited at Steinbrenner.

Aaron Judge left money on the table to stay in New York long-term. The Yankees won’t get as lucky with Juan Soto, even if they win the World Series.

The New York Yankees could have to give Juan Soto a record-setting deal, but that remains unlikely unless he's willing to take deferrals.

Juan Soto's dramatic three-run home run in the top of the 10th inning of Game 5 of the ALCS was the difference maker in sending the New York Yankees to the Worl