Jim Bowden is predicting heartbreak for the New York Yankees next month.

The former general manager and current analyst for The Athletic and MLB Network Radio suggested that Juan Soto could end his free agency next month at the Major League Baseball annual Winter Meetings in Dallas by announcing he is signing a long-term deal with the New York Mets.

Citing Mets’ billionaire owner Steve Cohen’s willingness to spend, Bowden sees Soto in Queens in 2025.

“The Mets are my favorites to sign Soto because I believe if their owner, Steve Cohen, wants him, he will make the highest bid — offering the most dollars and years — and if he does that and no other team matches it, I think he’s getting his man. Cohen was the highest bidder last offseason for Yoshinobu Yamamoto before the Dodgers matched the Mets’ bid, and his offer two years ago to Brandon Nimmo eight years, $162 million) far exceeded any other the outfielder had received,” Bowden wrote in The Athletic.

Still, Bowden, gives Yankees fans some hope as a fallback option.

“The tandem of Judge and Soto brought back memories of Ruth and Gehrig and Mantle and Maris — and rightfully so. Soto seemed at home in the Bronx. He loved the fans and the fans loved him. I think if the Yankees have the best offer on the table, or match it, there is a strong chance he returns,” Bowden wrote.

Bowden thinks that there will be a decision next month because Soto’s agent Scott Boras has a history of making big splashes during the annual gathering of MLB officials in December.

“MLB’s Winter Meetings will be held next month at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, the same hotel where Boras negotiated A-Rod’s record-breaking deal with the Rangers in 2000 and where Albert Pujols shocked the sport by signing with the Angels in 2011."

It’s easy to imagine Soto with Boras at the podium in Dallas a few weeks from now, announcing his next team and another ground-breaking deal,” Bowden wrote.