By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Juan Soto is remaining in New York. However, it is not in the Bronx.
Instead, he signed with their cross-town rivals, the New York Mets. He has agreed to the biggest deal in sports history.
Soto has signed a 15-year, $765 million deal, according to reports. In addition, there is an option, where he can opt out after five-years of his deal.
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Plus, ESPN is reporting that he could receive north of $800 million with escalators depending on a number of factors.
This deal does not include any deferred money. It has an average of $51 million per season.
The contract is $65 million more than what Shohei Ohtani received from the Los Angeles Dodgers last December. He received a 10-year, $700 million deal.
However, nearly all of Ohtani’s contract is deferred as he is taking a small amount so that the team could build a contending team. Ohtani’s Dodgers defeated Soto’s then-team the Yankees in the World Series in October.
Soto is betting that the Mets would have a better future than any of the four other teams that were pursuing him. Even the Yankees, who reportedly offered him a 16-year, $760 million deal.
The numbers were close between the two New York teams. The 26-year-old is going all in on the Mets, who advanced to the National League Championship Series before losing to the Dodgers this past season.
The Yankees advanced to the World Series. However, it was believed that they only advanced that far due to weaker opponents on their path to the Fall Classic.
Now, the Yankees can use the money that they were going to use to pursue Soto to put into other players to improve their team.
Soto — who is now signed through his age 41st season — is a four-time All-Star and a five-time Sliver Slugger Award winner. He has seven years of MLB experience.
This past season in his first season in the Bronx, he had a .288 batting average with 41 home runs and 109 RBIs in 157 games. He also had a career-high in runs scored and hits as he had 128 runs and 166 hits.
The 41 home runs were also a career-high. He had a previous high of 35 home runs during the 2023 season with the San Diego Padres.
Last off-season, he was traded from the Padres to the Yankees in a blockbuster deal.
Soto helped guide the Washington Nationals to the 2019 World Series. Owner Steve Cohen hopes that Soto can do the same at some point — or multiple times — during his time in Flushing, New York.
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The Amazin’ Mets have not won the World Series since 1986 when they defeated the Boston Red Sox. The Mets won in Game 7 over the Red Sox to win the 83rd edition of the World Series.
According to FanGraphs, Soto is expected to bat second behind Francisco Lindor. Their projected starting lineup is Lindor, Soto, Mark Vientos, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, Jeff McNeil, Tyrone Taylor, Francisco Alvarez, and Brett Baty.
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