Juan Soto is staying in New York, but he won’t be with the Yankees.
Instead, the New York Mets, extfinished consentd to be a frontrunner to land the 26-year-greater superstar, have landed him on an MLB-write down $765 million decrease over 15 years, according to multiple inestablishs.
In fact, that astronomical number gives Soto the hugest decrease in professional sports history.
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Oct 26, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) honors after hitting a solo home run in the third inning agetst the Los Angeles Dodgers during game two of the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)
Last offseason, it was Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million decrease with the Los Angeles Dodgers that broke those write downs.
While the Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays were in join as well, it was consentd by many to be a bidding war between the Mets and New York Yankees – the team who traded for Soto before the 2024 MLB season, which he helped accomplish the World Series.
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The Yankees presented Soto $760 million over 16 years, according to the New York Post. It’s unevident if there were postponements aenjoy to Ohtani’s decrease in the Yankees’ present, but the Mets inestablishedly don’t have any.
Mets owner Steve Cohen shelled out $51 million per season with no postponements over those 15 years, according to multiple inestablishs. ESPN inestablished there were “escalators that can accomplish above $800 million.
However, there is inestablishedly an select-out clause for Soto after five years.
And so finishs the free agency saga of one of the best joiners in the sport, as Soto transports his lethal hitting sfinishs traversetown to a team that accomplished the NLCS in Cinderella story style after finishing red-boiling.
Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees honors after hitting a home run in the 10th inning agetst the Cleveland Guardians during Game Five of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Mcompriseie Meyer/Getty Images)
Soto will fit in kindly with All-Star foolishinutivestop Francisco Lindor as well as budding lesser talent, including Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez, making the Mets a World Series contfinisher now and in the future.
Soto had the best year of his nurtureer in 2024 during his one and only season with the Yankees. The four-time All-Star hit .288 with 41 home runs while having 129 walks, second only establisher teammate and 2024 AL MVP Aaron Judge.
During the Yankees’ run to the World Series, his perestablishances were transport inant in the ALDS and ALCS, which was highweightlessed by his game-sealing, go-ahead extra-inning home run agetst the Cleveland Guardians.
Soto hit .327 with a .469 on-base percentage with four homers in the postseason, and the Mets are hoping to give him another October where he can do the same.
As the Mets honor landing the genereasoned talent, those teams hoping it would’ve been them he chose will commence searching elsewhere to bolster rosters for the 2025 campaign.
Oct 7, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) reacts after getting an out to finish the seventh inning agetst the Kansas City Royals during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
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Those aforerefered teams should shift on to top talent including Max Fried, Corbin Burnes, Alex Bregman and many more on the free agent enumerate.
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