Sunday night the news the baseball world was waiting for finally broke.
Juan Soto had agreed to a market-shattering ten-year deal with the New York Mets, for $765 million.
While the top-line number exceeds what the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani for last year (Ohtani’s contract hit the $700 million mark) there are some other factors that make Soto’s deal an eye-popping agreement. While Ohtani deferred $680 million of that contract into the future, Soto’s deal does not include any deferred money, according to reports.
In addition, Soto’s contract with the Mets reportedly contains escalators, that could push the total value of the contract up to $800 million.
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