#MLB Superstar Juan Soto reportedly breaks Shohei Ohtani's record with monster Mets $765M deal.
The Bronx Bombers came up short in their bid for Soto, offering the outfielder one extra year but watching as he opted for the higher average annual value presented by the Mets. Juan José Soto Pacheco, who I nicknamed "Cousin Juanito” is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder and free agent. He has played for the New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Washington Nationals. In 2015, Soto signed with the Nationals as an international free agent. In April 2022, Sports Illustrated baseball writer Tom Verducci called Soto "the greatest hitting prodigy since Ted Williams, who I got to meet thanks to my dad, the world’s greatest baseball fanatic. He named me after Bob Feller, who I got to meet while working as an NBC field producer.
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The former Yankees slugger received the most anticipated payday of the offseason, agreeing to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets, according to multiple reporters, including MLB Network and ESPN He’s moving on up to the East side…
LA Dodger’s Shohei Ohtani's 10-year, $700 million deal shattered all conceptualizations of how much a player can make last offseason, but his record stood for only one year. He will make more than Soto on an average annual value basis, but not if you account for the reported heavy deferrals in Ohtani's contract. After accounting for inflation, MLB sees the Ohtani deal as a 10-year, $460 million contract in its calculations.