In an 11-photo Instagram post on Dec. 31 captioned “2024>2025,” Judge highlighted his year but did not include a single post with Soto, who helped form the most powerful lineup duo in baseball, Soto batting No. 2 and Judge third. (Soto did like the post, however.)

December 8 was not a good day for the New York Yankees or its fanbase. This is because former Yankees superstar Juan Soto signed with the cross-town Mets instead of accepting a $16-year, $760 million contract his former club offered.

The story of Juan Soto with the New York Yankees went from the expectation of a happy ending to a terrifying one, after they risked too much to have him in the Bronx and the gamble

Not exactly Nostradamus-type stuff, but, undaunted, let’s make 25 guesses at what 2025 might bring to the Yankees in the Bronx.