Major League Baseball announced that Dominican slugger Juan Soto has agreed to a 15-year US$765 million contract with the New York Mets. Soto is coming off a fantastic 2024 season with the New York Yankees.
The deal is described as the biggest free-agent contract in MLB history. The contract is the largest and the longest the sport has seen. Soto’s pact surpasses the US$700 million deal inked by Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani in December 2023.
“It’s a contract fit for the game’s best hitter, and Soto arguably is that,” reads the story in mlb.com. Soto just completed his age-25 season and already has 201 home runs, five Silver Slugger Awards and a batting title (2020). In 4,088 career plate appearances, Soto owns a .285/.421/.532 slash line. His on-base percentage is the best among active Major Leaguers.
9 December 2024