Juan Soto’s Record-Breaking Contract Is So Huge the 26-Year-Old Could Basically Buy His Own Baseball Team
The Mets just signed MLB superstar Juan Soto to a record-breaking, 15-year, $765 million contract, the largest deal in professional sports history.
Key Takeaways
- Four-time All-Star Juan Soto, 26, signed a 15-year, $765 million contract Sunday with the New York Mets, multiple sources told ESPN.
- The deal would be the largest in sports history.
- ESPN’s Jeff Passan noted, “A Yankee chose to be a Met.”
New York Yankees fans woke up to the news that one of their biggest stars signed a monster contract with a rival across town.
Usually bidding war stories end with the 27-time World Series champion Yanks signing a superstar for an unheard-of amount. However, this year, as (who also broke the contract news) noted, “A Yankee chose to be a Met.”
BREAKING: Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources tell ESPN. It is the largest deal in professional sports history.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan)
Four-time All-Star Juan Soto, 26, signed a 15-year, $765 million contract Sunday with the New York Mets, multiple sources told ESPN. The contract reportedly has a $75 million signing bonus, no deferred money, and a after the 2029 season.
The deal would be the . The Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, 29, signed the largest contract in the NFL in 2020 at 10 years, $477 million. This past summer, the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, 26, signed the richest contract in NBA history for five years and $314 million.
For it tops the previous biggest contract, 30-year-old Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year Dodger deal, signed in 2023 for $700 million. The next biggest is the Yankees’ 32-year-old superstar Aaron Judge’s 2022 contract for nine years at $360 million.
The Yankees reportedly offered their star outfielder, who helped the 2024 team get to the World Series, a $700 million-plus over 15 seasons. But in the end, Soto went with the bigger deal, leaving the Bronx for Queens—and more millions.
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The news has placed the Mets with the second-highest odds of winning the 2025 World Series, , behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets lost to the Dodgers in the 2024 NLCS.
Meanwhile, the Yankees franchise is MLB’s richest team, more than $7.5 billion, while the Mets are No. 6 on the list, worth around $3 billion.
The league’s least valuable team, the Miami Marlins (disclaimer: this author is a Marlins fan), is worth an , just shy of Soto’s contract.
If Soto sticks with his contract and continues his success, he could have a future career as a team owner.
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Key Takeaways
- Four-time All-Star Juan Soto, 26, signed a 15-year, $765 million contract Sunday with the New York Mets, multiple sources told ESPN.
- The deal would be the largest in sports history.
- ESPN’s Jeff Passan noted, “A Yankee chose to be a Met.”
New York Yankees fans woke up to the news that one of their biggest stars signed a monster contract with a rival across town.
Usually bidding war stories end with the 27-time World Series champion Yanks signing a superstar for an unheard-of amount. However, this year, as (who also broke the contract news) noted, “A Yankee chose to be a Met.”
BREAKING: Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources tell ESPN. It is the largest deal in professional sports history.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan)
Four-time All-Star Juan Soto, 26, signed a 15-year, $765 million contract Sunday with the New York Mets, multiple sources told ESPN. The contract reportedly has a $75 million signing bonus, no deferred money, and a after the 2029 season.
