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Report: Soto inks record 15-year, $765M deal with Mets
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Report: Soto inks record 15-year, $765M deal with Mets

Juan Soto is crossing town.The superstar outfielder has agreed to a 15-year, $765-million contract with the New York Mets, sources told Jon Heyman of the New York Post.Soto's deal is the largest contract in professional sports history, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.The 26-year-old is coming...
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I’d think that Boros kept the bidding war going between the Mets and Yankees until the Yankees bowed out.

To say they lost Soto for only 5 million makes it seem like they didn’t go back and forth with the Mets w multiple offers.

I think the Yankees realized they could’ve went to 800 million and the Mets would’ve kept going.

Honestly, the Yankees did the right thing here. 15 years for a player even of his caliber isn’t worth THAT much money.

If he has a couple of “down years” or god forbid gets injured, the sky will be falling in Metsville. That contract will be a talking point for years to come.

Now the Yankees will focus on getting excellent players at half that price.

One player will not get you over the hump. Last year the Yankees didn’t win it all. Look at Mike Trout. Arguably the best player in baseball for at least 5 years. The Angels didn’t win a thing w him. Even WITH Ohtani.

Im not saying the Mets aren’t a better team this morning, but it’s not as if the Yankees are cooked.

With a couple of solid pieces added to that team, they will be the favorites in the AL East again this season.
 
They got played. They knew Steve Cohen would be top offer all day. They had to believe that Soto would prefer to be a Yankee at somewhere close to but not matching top offer. He clearly wanted top offer or preferred the Mets/Cohen from the get go or he would have taken the $5mil discount. If any of those statements is false he's either a Yankee or they stop at fair value (and I don't think anyone believes he's worth more than Ohtanis 47M AAV). They got played.
 
Archie
never saw him play.

deserving in your opinion? why didn't he get in before Vets committee?
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He was one of the best power hitters in the mid-late 60’s in the pitchers era. His best season was winning the MVP in 72 with the White Sox. What really hurt him was a relatively short career, so he couldn’t pile up big stats. He also wasn’t trusting of the media - or whites in general. Playing in Philly in the 60’s was like playing in Boston. He had a lot of issues with teammates also.

Very old school video of Allen breaking up a Ryan no-hitter in 1974 -

 
juan soto wanted a suite
 
Rumor has it that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays offered Soto a contract completely incentive laden.

$2,000,000 a home run
$100,000 an RBI
$30 million per World Series championship
$50,000 per hit

Any conviction of any felony would cause the contract to resort to a flat salary of $25 million a year
 
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