According to several sources, four-time MLB All-Star outfielder Juan Soto has agreed to a record 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets.
If the Mets do not boost the average yearly value by $4 million by the end of the 2029 season, Soto will be able to opt out of the contract. The Associated Press stated that Soto will receive a $75 million signing bonus, which will be paid if the deal is approved by the commissioner’s office.
The New York Yankees reportedly offered Soto $760 million over 16 seasons. The Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles Dodgers were also reportedly interested in signing the 26-year-old Soto, who is widely regarded as the best free agent bat on the market and a generational prospect.
Soto, a five-time Silver Slugger, had a career-high 41 home runs and 109 RBI for the Yankees in 2024, his only season in the Bronx after being acquired in a blockbuster seven-player trade with the San Diego Padres following the 2023 season.
Soto’s three-run home ball in Game 5 of the 2024 ALCS sealed the Yankees’ 41st American League pennant. The Dodgers defeated the Yankees in the World Series in five games.
Soto made his major league debut with the Washington Nationals in 2018, and he quickly established himself as one of the league’s most feared power hitters. Soto hit 119 home runs and had an elite.538 slugging percentage during his four and a half seasons in Washington. He was the Nationals’ cleanup hitter for the 2019 World Series triumph.
However, the Nationals traded Soto to San Diego before the 2022 trade deadline after he declined a reputed 15-year, $440 million contract extension.
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