Juan Soto is packing his bags and jumping across the Big Apple from the Bronx to Queens, where an awful lot of luggage will be needed if he has to haul the money from his new contract, too.
The 26-year-old superstar right fielder is headed to the New York Mets on a 15-year, $765 million deal, which will pay him an average of $51 million annually, per multiple reports Sunday night.
It is the richest contract ever doled out in Major League Baseball history, breaking the record previously set last year when the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a heavily deferred 10-year, $700 million deal.
Mets owner Steve Cohen lived up to expectations placed upon him when the Soto sweepstakes initially began. The man worth $16 billion was expected to outbid any team that threw its hat into the ring for the crown jewel of MLB’s offseason.
With it, he strengthens the Mets’ World Series aspirations, which are as high as they have been since 1986. New York made the NLCS less than two months ago in what was David Stearns’ first year as president of baseball operations — an accomplishment that indicated the organization was ahead of schedule considering 2024 was billed as a transitional year.
By Joe Pantorno. Read more at AMNY.com.
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