Mets sign Juan Soto 15-year, $765 million

[BigJay]

Juan Soto signing with Mets on gargantuan $765 million contract as Yankees miss out

With one free agent, the Mets have announced their new standing among baseball powers, have stolen from their neighbor nemeses and have altered the landscape of sports in New York.

nypost.com

 

[BigJay]

Wow. Just Wow!

$51 million a year until for 15 years

 

[jjgold]

lol

 

[BigJay]

Thought for sure he’d be a Dodger or a Yankee

 

[KingKolzig]

Wheel out a mattress right field

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Baseball is D E A D

Unsustainable salaries

No TV

Declining white audience

No enthusiasm for public stadiums anymore

The players union killed the game

 

[kidcudi92]

Yep baseball is dead, agree

 

[BigJay]

Held out a little hope maybe the Rangers would get in the Soto hunt

I thought the Seager contract was huge at the time. $325 million pales in comparison

 

[KingKolzig]

Number of game saving diving soto grabs next 15 yrs

o1 +200

 

[patrickbateman]

Why sign anyone for 15 years?

 

[djefferis]

15 years - he won’t last 5 with the Mets.

How long until they are hoping to dump the massive salary and eating 60 cents on the dollar to do so ?

Took a couple decades - but we are seeing Arod to the Rangers 2.0 unfold here. Team had a surprising run after just unloading a bunch of high priced aging talent - so decides it’s “smart” to invest a billion freaking dollars nearly into a younger player whose already showing signs of slowing down at 26. He will be good next year - not great - but expect the decline to start on the next 3 years.

 

[samsncharge99]

the gap between the rich teams and poor teams is getting bigger and bigger

small market teams have no chance anymore

 

[BMR Genie]

Wow. Just Wow!

$51 million a year until for 15 years

Do you think he's still gonna be worth it for 51M per yr if he's around 36- 40 years old?

 

[Tanko]

Soto has the option to leave after year 5.
Mets could keep him if they up the offer from $51M to $55M/yr.

 

[Tanko]

Number of game saving diving soto grabs next 15 yrs

o1 +200

Exactly....
But, I guess they are signing him for his bat.
At 25 yo he hasmore than a few good years left in him.

 

[sharpsquare]

Let's face it Cohen came in with all kinds of promises and hype and so far hadn't delivered shit in the form of winning so he needed to make a splash.

Boras knew this and he had Cohen by the balls and he squeezed as hard as he could. No way is Soto worth this kind of cash and 15 years (which will likely end up being 5 esp of mets do what mets do over those)

 

[BMR Genie]

Soto has the option to leave after year 5.
Mets could keep him if they up the offer from $51M to $55M/yr.

I did not read everything so I am asking this:

If he chooses to leave after 5yrs, is he still gonna get paid yearly till the end of the contract? till 15 yrs is over?

 

[jjgold]

It’s very hard to hit Shea Stadium

no Judge in lineup

bet unders for his totals

 

[sharpsquare]

I did not read everything so I am asking this:

If he chooses to leave after 5yrs, is he still gonna get paid yearly till the end of the contract? till 15 yrs is over?

he has a chance to opt out but the mets can block that by adding 4 million dollars per year to the remaining 10 years. so its more like a team option than it is a player opt out

and no if he opts out the contract would end after just the 5 years and he would be a free agent again