Soto a Met

[G-Fafif]

So says Passan 15 yr, 765 mil.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Oh boy

[Cowtipper]

Wow.



Wow wow.



Wow wow wow.

[Gwreck]

Excellent.

[G-Fafif]

Opt out after 5 yeara, Martino.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Big schlong swinging at the Braves, Phillies, Dodgers and Yankees

[Centerfield]

JUAN FUCKING SIGNS

[G-Fafif]

75 mil signing bonus, no deferred money.

[metsmarathon]

Foly huck!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Steve Cohen delivers! Whoopee! Now go and sign the Polar Bear. Will Brett Baty give up his #22 that Soto's worn throughout his career? TBD

Juan Soto, the prodigiously talented and charmingly theatrical slugger, has now become the highest-paid player in the history of baseball, having agreed to a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal confirmed. The deal, first reported by the New York Post, includes a $75 million signing bonus.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5932790/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-free-agent-deal/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5932790/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-free-agent-deal/

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Excellent, excellent news!

[Edgy MD]

wowBOBwow

[G-Fafif]

Elevator clause can kibosh opt out. Man will get paid.

[ashie62]

[bIGPURPLE]SOTO[/bIGPURPLE]

[metirish]

Wow , let's go , I'm happy the MFY offer was for similar money, the fans are not taking this well

[metirish]

This will hurt to hear

[Fman99]

Amazin

[Frayed Knot]

Wait! SportsCenter was discussing baseball ... in December ... on a Monday?!?!?!

Shit, this must be big news!

[stevejrogers]

Steve Cohen delivers! Whoopee! Now go and sign the Polar Bear. Will Brett Baty give up his #22 that Soto's worn throughout his career? TBD Juan Soto, the prodigiously talented and charmingly theatrical slugger, has now become the highest-paid player in the history of baseball, having agreed to a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal confirmed. The deal, first reported by the New York Post, includes a $75 million signing bonus. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5932790/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-free-agent-deal/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5932790/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-free-agent-deal/

There was a social media journalism satire Tweet saying that Baty refusing to give up 22 caused negotiations to fall apart, and a crappy headline aggregator picked up on it, and it got shared all over socials.



It was amusing how many people were like “GOOD!” And took Baty's side over “a primadona who we don't need” due to thinking it was a legit story.

[metirish]

More on the opt out

[smg58]

We had my wife's Yankee fan cousin over for dinner on Easter and we put the Yankee game on. The game was decided when Soto had a phenomenal bat against Josh Hader that resulted in a run-scoring single. I decided then he was the real deal and the Mets had to make a run for him. As for whether this will be too much for him in the long run -- I'll get back to you when I'm 70.

[MFS62]

Who pays for the plastic bubble to keep him in?



What next?

Later

[ashie62]

Soto will be fine



What happens to Pete is anyone's guess



I don't believe Baty will be around to give up the 22

[Benjamin Grimm]

Me neither.



So are we looking at an outfield of Nimmo and Taylor and Soto? Does Marte become a DH or does he get traded?

[ashie62]

I'm ok with Marte at DH. Better than at RF right



Personally I believe there will be another big signing of an SP for the Metsies



Dodgers signed Conforto

[Lefty Specialist]

Marte is the most expendable of expendables right now.



It's Monopoly money with Uncle Steve. Boy, it's nice to have a really, really rich owner.



Still need a rotation and a bullpen though, because Soto can't do it all by himself.

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So are we looking at an outfield of Nimmo and Taylor and Soto? Does Marte become a DH or does he get traded?

Trading Marte means eating money on his contract. He's bad defensively, has little power, and is still making a fair bit of money this year. He's a bench player and probably plays DH some.

[G-Fafif]

Plus Soto appears to enjoy Marte's company...though he can always buy new friends.

[batmagadanleadoff]

A home run every three games....

... Soto's bat works everywhere, especially in Queens. In 35 career games at Citi Field (146 plate appearances), Soto has a 1.175 OPS with 12 home runs, including two of the five longest home runs in the stadium's history (466 feet, 463 feet). And power isn't even his calling card. Soto's .421 on-base percentage over his seven-year career leads all active players. “He's as good a hitter and as good at knowing what to do with certain pitches,” a longtime National League scout said, “as I've seen since Barry Bonds.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5969413/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-contract-steve-cohen/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5969413/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-contract-steve-cohen/

[metirish]

Umm, several MFY friends are like yeah didn't want him for that money anyway .... Yeah, ok and no he didn't go to the Mets for the $5 M more , stop it