Slugger Juan Soto might be looking at US$600,000,000

[Dolores]

26-year old Dominican baseball superstar Juan Soto was said to be the last player in the New York Yankee dugout after the disastrous fifth game of the 2024 World Series that allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first Major League Baseball championship in over two decades.

Juan Soto did not make a difference in the finals for the Yankees, but he had a great year in 2024, and is now a free agent.

Many teams are courting him. The speculation around the table is that his next contract will be huge. There is talk even of US$600 million for 13 years if the bidding wars get into the act. The enormity of this sum is hard to believe.

Soto said that he is willing to hear offers from every team in baseball, but most pundits are looking at the New York Mets, the Dodgers, the Yankees, the Red Sox as front runners. Some baseball writers are also saying that the Chicago Cubs, the...

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[chico bill]

Well the salaries are insane.
But I think you could get 3 great starting pitchers (Clayton Kershaw, Jack Flaherty, Shane Bieber) for less plus some young potential sluggers for that price. (and rob from the Dodgers)
That might help the Yankees more - I wish him well, and could be wrong, but I don't see his value that high ?

 

[Gadfly]

Future dodger

 

[CristoRey]

I'd like to see him on the Mets.

 

[chico bill]

Future dodger

DODGERS won't blow their budget and don't want to get in the high Competitive Balance Tax penalties

 

[SKY]

I'd like to see him on the Mets.

Mets are the favorite here. Although with his agent he could go anywhere the most money comes from...............

 

[M4kintosh]

Future dodger

Dodgers are saturated with so many stars.
He needs a team where still can be the big fish in a small pond.

 

[AlterEgo]

He’s going to the NY Mets!

Juan Soto signing with Mets on gargantuan $765 million contract as Yankees miss out

With one free agent, the Mets have announced their new standing among baseball powers, have stolen from their neighbor nemeses and have altered the landscape of sports in New York.

nypost.com

 

[JD Jones]

Gonna be hard to live up to expectations at that rate.

 

[NanSanPedro]

For both him and Ohtani, the deferred money is scary. It's anything but guaranteed.

 

[windeguy]

Being from NY I find it hard to believe there are people who are Mets fans. I do know one...

 

[keepcoming]

For both him and Ohtani, the deferred money is scary. It's anything but guaranteed.

Funny thing is none of Soto's money is deferred which is interesting.

 

[AlterEgo]

Being from NY I find it hard to believe there are people who are Mets fans. I do know one...

Not everyone lives upstate. Long Island is full of Mets fans, so is Staten Island, anyone with Brooklyn roots hates the Yankees. Just about all my family in Orange County are Mets fans.

One of Mr AE’s cousins, a retired Air Force general who lives in SD, is a Mets fanatic. He’s even flown to NY for games.

 

[Gadfly]

Mets, Soto agree to record-breaking 15-yr, $765M deal (sources)

DALLAS -- Many folks around baseball were still arriving in Texas on Sunday evening when the news began rippling through the industry. Only two words mattered. Soto. Mets. The details emerged rapidly from there, filling in the gaps of a long-anticipated marriage between one of this generation’s...

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$765M, 15 yr deal (sources per link)
Wow

 

[Joseph NY2STI]

I'm looking forward to paying $50 for a beer.

 

[windeguy]

Not everyone lives upstate. Long Island is full of Mets fans, so is Staten Island, anyone with Brooklyn roots hates the Yankees. Just about all my family in Orange County are Mets fans.

One of Mr AE’s cousins, a retired Air Force general who lives in SD, is a Mets fanatic. He’s even flown to NY for games.

I had no idea. They must come from somewhere.