The Jays can afford Soto if they want. Without question.
He has to want to come here, however, that's where it differs than Ohtani.
Soto has more reasons to want to come here, some of them are the same of Ohtani.
So, since Soto wants to get paid first and foremost, Jays will be in the mix in that regard, so as long as the media frame it like that, it's not clickbait. As soon as they say "he's genuinely interested in Toronto and the city and the country behind him etc", that's where the press gets sticky.
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