Juan Soto signed with the Mets for a historic amount of money and MLB fans were floored
The Juan Soto saga has finally reached its end and the New York Mets have emerged victorious!
On Sunday night, ESPN’s Jeff Passan and other baseball insiders reported that Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. The contract breaks the $700 million Shohei Ohtani signed for with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023, as Soto now holds the largest deal in professional sports history.
Soto’s contract also reportedly includes no deferred money, with escalators that could reach above $800 million when all is said and done.
That is … so much money. And the Mets reportedly beat out the Yankees’ bid by just five million! Truly a wild end to the months-long saga.
Here’s how MLB fans reacted to Soto’s monster, historic contract.
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— Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) December 9, 2024
Contracts bigger than my owners net worth lol https://t.co/kbOOaaYO5v pic.twitter.com/cDJgVuGVHR
— Brett (@SaladinoWRLD) December 9, 2024
pic.twitter.com/3fIarREOn1 https://t.co/LXeueSdmo9
— greta theft autumn (@2007warpedtour) December 9, 2024
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— kaz (@chasebound) December 9, 2024
15 years?!!! https://t.co/ov0e1G10TD pic.twitter.com/SykjWzpd5z
— SacTown Browns Fan (@Browns_Fan32) December 9, 2024
Brb i'm going upstairs to wake my kids up so we can take some batting practice https://t.co/gcdhXrsy9N
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 9, 2024
Good lawd. https://t.co/TRAUrB5KIN
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) December 9, 2024
Juan Soto wanted to be a New York Met. How is this real.
— jack (@Jolly_Olive) December 9, 2024