New York Yankees followers woke as much as the information that one in every of their largest stars signed a monster contract with a rival throughout city.
Normally bidding warfare tales finish with the 27-time World Sequence champion Yanks signing a famous person for an unheard-of quantity. Nonetheless, this yr, as ESPN’s Jeff Passan (who additionally broke the contract information) famous, “A Yankee selected to be a Met.”
BREAKING: Celebrity outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in settlement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources inform ESPN. It’s the largest deal in skilled sports activities historical past.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 9, 2024
4-time All-Star Juan Soto, 26, signed a 15-year, $765 million contract Sunday with the New York Mets, a number of sources instructed ESPN. The contract reportedly has a $75 million signing bonus, no deferred cash, and a probability to choose out after the 2029 season.
The deal could be the largest in sports activities historical past. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, 29, signed the biggest contract within the NFL in 2020 at 10 years, $477 million. This previous summer time, the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, 26, signed the richest contract in NBA historical past for 5 years and $314 million.
For baseball solely, it tops the earlier largest contract, 30-year-old Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year Dodger deal, signed in 2023 for $700 million. The subsequent largest is the Yankees’ 32-year-old famous person Aaron Decide’s 2022 contract for 9 years at $360 million.
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The Yankees reportedly supplied their star outfielder, who helped the 2024 crew get to the World Sequence, a $700 million-plus over 15 seasons. However in the long run, Soto went with the larger deal, leaving the Bronx for Queens—and extra hundreds of thousands.
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The information has positioned the Mets with the second-highest odds of profitable the 2025 World Sequence, per Guess MGM, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets misplaced to the Dodgers within the 2024 NLCS.
In the meantime, the Yankees franchise is MLB’s richest crew, estimated to be price greater than $7.5 billion, whereas the Mets are No. 6 on the record, price round $3 billion.
The league’s least invaluable crew, the Miami Marlins (disclaimer: this creator is a Marlins fan), is price an estimated $1 billion, simply shy of Soto’s contract.
If Soto sticks together with his contract and continues his success, he might have a future profession as a crew proprietor.
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