New details of Yankees' Juan Soto meeting present hilarious possible new outcome

After piloting them to the World Series in his first season in pinstripes, it turns out Juan Soto might be the man in charge of fixing the New York Yankees in the long-term, too. Hopefully, he'll be around to see the results himself.

While it took longer than usual for details of the Yankees' meeting with Soto to leak (good, actually), someone got impatient on Tuesday and spilled the beans to Bob Klapisch. It was probably Randy Levine, given the fact that Klapisch's article was the first one of any kind to mention Levine's presence at the meeting.

"Make sure you say I was there!" Levine added, probably.

In the wake of every meeting with every other team going "very well," and the Yankees somehow coming in third in Jon Heyman's Soto power rankings behind the Mets and Blue Jays, Klapisch's source trickled out some positive information surrounding the Yankees' face-to-face with the generational slugger.

According to the report, Soto pointed out areas of need for the Yankees to address on the roster, while Steinbrenner asserted he planned to make upgrades and pledged to go toe-to-toe with Steve Cohen. Laugh all you want -- it's warranted -- but Steinbrenner did sign Carlos Rodón, the Yankees' playoff No. 2 starter, after promising the same thing to Aaron Judge. It wasn't enough, so he greenlit a trade for Soto the next offseason, knowing full well the partnership might only last one season. If those aren't meaningful upgrades ... we're not sure what qualifies.

Of course, the funniest possible outcome would be Soto diagnosing the Yankees' flaws like some kind of Dodgers bench player, leaving New York thinking, and then just bouncing anyway.

Funniest possible outcome would be Juan Soto scolding Yankees about changes they should make, then leaving anyway

What types of upgrades is Soto looking for? It's clearly time for Jasson Dominguez to get a real chance, but he's likely looking at bullpen arms to replace Clay Holmes/Tommy Kahnle, an extra trustworthy starter, and a slugger like Christian Walker to replace Anthony Rizzo.

Of course, Soto's only 26 years old, with his entire prime ahead of him. If he's looking to commit to your franchise, he's thinking long-term. Not everything must be patched over in a day. He's got 2025, 2026 and 2027 free agents in mind, and he's aligned with the most powerful agent in the industry. He can affect change, and it likely doesn't stop with next spring's roster.

Oh, and the Yankees did run out a somewhat awkward defensive alignment in the outfield last year, with an excellent right fielder moved to center field and a downgrade playing right. Maybe ... there's a way to fix that, too? No, no, you know what? Forget we even said that.