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”DALLAS -- Fifteen years, $765 million, no deferred money. The numbers of Juan Soto's contract with the New York Mets, agreed to Sunday night in a deal that sets a new standard for the largest contract in professional sports history, tell a story. A baseball-loving phenom from the Dominican Republic arrived in the big leagues at 19 years old, thrived instantaneously, bet on himself by turning down a $440 million contract offer two years ago and now emerges with a record number of dollars and years -- and reminds the sports world of the endless possibilities when extreme talent meets a free market.
It's not the only story, though. This is as much about the Mets as it is Soto -- about a franchise that for its 63-year existence has lived in the shadow of its pedigreed neighbor. Not anymore. Not after the two New York teams went head-to-head for a player who spent 2024 in the Bronx but decamped to Queens for a long-term commitment.
Think about that for a second. A Yankee chose to be a Met. And not just any Yankee: one who helped lead the storied franchise to the World Series this year, one whom the team was equally prepared to pay $700 million-plus over 15 seasons. The sheer size of Soto's contract -- bigger than Shohei Ohtani's deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, bigger than Lionel Messi's with Barcelona, bigger than Patrick Mahomes' with the Kansas City Chiefs -- boggles the mind. Even more stunning is the Mets' glow-up from a team whose foibles were its defining feature to the destination for an archetypal free agent.”
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That contract. For f*ck’s sake.
”DALLAS -- Fifteen years, $765 million, no deferred money. The numbers of Juan Soto's contract with the New York Mets, agreed to Sunday night in a deal that sets a new standard for the largest contract in professional sports history, tell a story. A baseball-loving phenom from the Dominican Republic arrived in the big leagues at 19 years old, thrived instantaneously, bet on himself by turning down a $440 million contract offer two years ago and now emerges with a record number of dollars and years -- and reminds the sports world of the endless possibilities when extreme talent meets a free market.
It's not the only story, though. This is as much about the Mets as it is Soto -- about a franchise that for its 63-year existence has lived in the shadow of its pedigreed neighbor. Not anymore. Not after the two New York teams went head-to-head for a player who spent 2024 in the Bronx but decamped to Queens for a long-term commitment.
Think about that for a second. A Yankee chose to be a Met. And not just any Yankee: one who helped lead the storied franchise to the World Series this year, one whom the team was equally prepared to pay $700 million-plus over 15 seasons. The sheer size of Soto's contract -- bigger than Shohei Ohtani's deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, bigger than Lionel Messi's with Barcelona, bigger than Patrick Mahomes' with the Kansas City Chiefs -- boggles the mind. Even more stunning is the Mets' glow-up from a team whose foibles were its defining feature to the destination for an archetypal free agent.”
Passan: Juan Soto's Mets contract transforms New York -- and the sport
In choosing the Mets, Soto flipped the script in New York -- and across the sport.
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That contract. For f*ck’s sake.
