Juan Soto has signed the richest contract in professional sports history. The MLB superstar reportedly agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets ($51 million per year), surpassing the 10-year, $700 million contract Shohei Ohtani received from the Los Angeles Dodgers last year. Soto is also deferring none of his contract, a contrast from Ohtani who deferred 97% of it for a decade.
Soto won’t have to hire movers—he’s coming to the Mets from the crosstown Yankees, highlighting how billionaire Steve Cohen’s purchase of the Mets in 2020 has upended the baseball power dynamic in the Big Apple.