The race for Juan Soto is intensifying, with a source telling MLB Network insider Jon Paul Morosi that five teams have submitted offers to the superstar free agent¡¯s camp, confirming an earlier report from Randy Miller of NJ.com.

Per Morosi, the five teams are the Mets, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Dodgers and incumbent Yankees.

Soto previously met in person with officials from each of those five clubs, though the meetings were believed to be introductory in nature, with no teams tendering contract offers during that stage.

The exact details of the offers Soto has received are unknown, but he is expected to command one of the largest deals in baseball history.

Soto is a rarity as far as free agents go, hitting the open market for the first time at a much younger age than the typical player. He turned 26 years old on Oct. 25.

The left-handed slugger, who made his MLB debut with the Nationals as a 19-year-old in 2018, is on a Hall of Fame trajectory. He¡¯s one of seven players in MLB history to record at least 200 homers with an OPS+ of 150 or higher through their age-25 season, joining Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Mel Ott, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout.

Soto is coming off one of his best seasons, having hit .288 with 41 homers, 109 RBIs, 128 runs scored, 129 walks, a .989 OPS and a 178 OPS+ over 157 games for the Yankees, who acquired him from the Padres in a blockbuster trade last December. The performance earned him a third-place finish in the American League MVP Award voting -- the results of which were announced last week -- behind his 2024 Yankees teammate Aaron Judge and Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

Soto added a 1.102 OPS with four homers in the postseason, including a go-ahead three-run blast in the 10th inning of New York¡¯s AL Championship Series clincher against the Guardians that gave the Bronx Bombers their first AL pennant since 2009.