Major League Baseball (MLB) has always set record-shattering records and one such magnanimous one includes a multi-million pound affair between star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets. (More Sports News)
The Dominican baseball player🅷 seems to have signed a whopping $765 million, 15-year contract with the MLB side, as per reports in America.
As per a report🎃 in the New York Post, Soto would have the right to opt out of the contract after the 2029 season if the Mets don’t at that time raise the contract to $805 millౠion by increasing the average annual value by $4 million annually.
Soto w꧙ill get a $75 million signing bonus, payable upon the deal’s app൩roval by the commissioner’s office.
The 26-year-old's agreement is the large🧜st and longest one in Major League Baseball history, topping Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a deal signed last December. That🎃 agreement included $680 million in deferred payments and is valued at just under $46.1 million for baseball’s luxury tax.
Furthermore, Soto’s agreement does not include deferred money, leaving its average annual value at $51 million. Its length tops Fernando Tatis Jr.💫's $340 million, 14-year contract with San Diego that runs through 2034.
Soto had registered a .288/.419/🧜.569 slashline with 41 homers and 109 RBIs to help the New York Yankees reach the World Series in his first and only season in The Bronx.
Soto is a four-time All-Star and a widely regarded player in the MLB arena, with many drawing comparisons to the an all-time great like Ted Williams. Soto is yet to land a MVP award but has finished third in AL MVP voting in the last season🍸, marking his fourth top-six MVP finish over t🍌he last six seasons.
Among the most active hitters in baseball, the 26-year-old ranks 20th in career batting average (.285), his first in on-base percentage (.421), ranks fourth in slugging percﷺentage (.532), third in OPS (.953) and 11th in at-bats per home run (16.3). Soto also has 21 home runs and 934 hits to his name in 936 career games.
(with AP inputs)
