Mets steal heavy hitter Juan Soto from the Yankees

Just minutes ago, Major League Baseball announced that, after hitting 41 home runs and recording 109 RBIs in 2024, the ever-popular 26-year-old free agent outfielder, Juan Soto, signed on to join the New York Mets to a record $765 million, 15-year contract.  Soto reportedly signed his contract Sunday night, according to The Associated Press.

Juan Soto, N.Y. Mets, 2025-2039, $765 million

Soto’s deal easily surpassed Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million agreement from the prior winter for what’s believed to be the biggest in sports history, and Soto’s contract doesn’t include any deferred payments. He turned down Washington’s $440 million, 15-year offer in 2022, was later traded to San Diego and then the New York Yankees before reaching free agency at just 26 years old. Soto is the most accomplished free agent at that age since shortstop Alex Rodriguez agreed to a record $252 million, 10-year contract with Texas in December 2000 at age 25.  ~ AP

Soto got his start in the bigs as a rookie playing with the Washington Nationals from 2018 – 2022 before being traded and moving over to the San Diego Padres for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.  Soto was again traded, this time to the New York Yankees for the 2024 season where he was named the American League Player of the Week for the first week of the season, and where he earned a one-year, $31 million contract.

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