JUAN SOTO SIGNS WITH METS FOR $765M!! | Baseball Today

[@realbkrick]

Chris Rose looking dapper 🤩

[@colemilz]

Post NFL work has him looking clean

[@Fryed_Bryce]

No hat is crazy

[@colemilz]

@@Fryed_Bryce true! No Mets hat feels like the only thing missing

[@colemilz]

​​@@Fryed_Brycecorrection. He's doing game day final AFTER the episode. The dedication is so real

[@WeBeatMedicare6969]

He looks creepy

[@kaleiwahea]

LOL that kids "bro do you know who i am" is legendary now

[@richardjones9513]

Chris Rose in the full NFL Network getup. Getting off one job and doing another. True pro.

[@samuelclayton08]

Rosie is rich, but he's got that blue collar work ethic that alot of us can respect

[@MarcosElMalo2]

I’m a Dodger fan. I’ve got nothing but respect for the Mets organization. This last season they worked their butts off and they showed a lot of heart. I’m happy for Soto, the Mets, and the fans. Soto is going to make a huge contribution. He is the key player if the Mets are ever going to win the WS. Congratulations and good luck, Mets!

[@cagren8590]

Respect to you. I'm hoping to see some heavyweight fights between the Mets and Dodgers to decide who gets to go to the World Series for years to come. Shohei vs Soto is a must see matchup and I can't wait to enjoy seeing it every single time.

[@astrawallace5913]

HOLY WOW YALL WERE QUICK! APPRECIATED!

[@Zo3yX]

@@astrawallace5913 fr the yt notification was my notification thay the deal happened

[@colemilz]

I appreciate Trevor taking the standpoint if an owner in the context of making this move. You don't become known on a last name basis like a Steinbrenner without paying up. Cohen wants to be remembered and being the man who built the "little brother" new york team and flips it upsidedown by paying Juan Soto is an easy way to do that

[@DoubleDown310]

Very few ballplayers turned media commentators that I respect, and Plouffe is one of them.

[@jord.an6123]

Yeah, while its obviously kind of wierd/depressing/horrifying/ that billionaires are spending entire GDP's of small countries on a guy who is really really good at a game. He's totally right. It's the same reason they all give money to get their names on colleges and hospitals (while ironically, at the same time, often donating to politicians who want to cut funding to both, at the same time). They have gross amounts of money & often just use it to be remembered. This is definitely on the fun side of what billionaires can do to be remembered (like at least he's not buying twitter to destroy it from the inside lmao). So go off, cohen, I guess. Happy for mets fans and, yeah, plouffe as always provides good insight. I love baseball today.

[@BeefPapa]

​@@jord.an6123 It's the game we love and follow. It's not your money or concern. Just stop it.

[@jord.an6123]

@@BeefPapa nah man, thinking critically about things allows me to enjoy and understand them *more* as opposed to *less*. Don't worry. And its not like the issues, like gross economic inequality, are unique to Baseball owners. Just makes ya think.

[@Zo3yX]

Boras making close to 40 mill on this contract is nuts.

[@bdo3979]

And think of all the other contracts he’s takings pieces of.

[@831ryan]

Rosey’s enthusiasm makes me smile

[@dtrayn19]

Chris rose looks like he's standing over me at an operating table or dentist chair or something with this angle

[@muttleyinlove8648]

He looks like that evil🤣 dentist from some old horror movie!

[@shirtpocketvids5395]

Lol that's hilarious

[@adk7962]

Steve Cohen is an art collector. That should tell you everything you need to know about Steve Cohen and how he feels about money. Thanks Gents for a rational conversation.

[@colemilz]

I love this point.

[@jord.an6123]

tbh art is a good investment that only ever usually appreciates in value. Plus at the same time youre supporting galleries and the arts within your city/country. So thats kinda good for society at least. Idk man - its better than hoarding property during a housing crisis, or hunting rare endangered animals, or just wasting it on crypto, or whatever else disgustingly rich people do with their money. edit: Ohh if you mean it like "he's an art collector so spends money on fun shit cause lifes short and random. So makes sense he'd spend on soto" then i fully agree with you. Just kinda confused by what you mean lol.

[@smcdonough1427]

Yeah I guess he just likes overpaying for stuff 😳

[@colemilz]

@@jord.an6123 I'm more talking about your edit side where life's short and if you have this wealth and own a sports team you might as well use it to buy yourself to becoming a legend. but also I do agree with your point about art as well

[@adk7962]

@@jord.an6123 All good man. Hell it can go either way, but I did mean it more like, this is the kind of guy who is willing to spend stupid money on frivolous stuff. And in reality this isn’t even that frivolous because this will undoubtedly add more asses to seats, sell more merch, etc. This game is so crazy, who knows what can happen. Thanks for the great conversation.

[@malkinmalone]

Cohen is trying to change what it the name Mets means when people hear it. Just like the Guggenheim group was able to make the Dodgers name bigger than it has ever been.

[@carlitosolow]

Is Jolly ok? 😂

[@russellchung3119]

IDK 🤷. Maybe check his stream 🤣

[@jeremykayy]

He’s down one pair of pants, but yes.

[@lauracoover3738]

Jolly is fan-freaking-tastic. Like all the rest of us Mets fans, can't wipe that huge smile from his face.

[@beeewest9442]

Met fan here. I’m gonna smile paying for the 20 dollar beer on game days lol

[@BrotherIntel]

Welcome to the life of a Dodger fan for the last years lol

[@Killabees25]

Exactly. All those years paying 15 bucks for a beer in last place. At least now it would be worth it..

[@jameshanus3813]

I’ll be enjoying my five $3 beers as the Mets route the reds 13-4

[@JulianWyllie]

As a Mets fan I still want Alonso back. Not just for his production but for how much he seems to love the team and the fans. I think we'll need that just as much as raw generational talent in the lineup.

[@smosmo4617]

"Stole him from the Yankees" that says it all for a mets fan.

[@jarodbarnfather2551]

chris rose is the goat

[@BlodofUlfhednar]

I get Trev's point about superstars getting paid, but something doesn't feel right about Soto passing Ohtani. For what Ohtani is, he should own, in perpetuity, the record contract for a ballplayer. Soto is a generational talent as far as hitting is concerned, but he isn't the literal GOAT and all of a sudden, he owns the record. It's just kind of silly. I also worry about what it begins to mean for the fans of certain teams when these business owners realize that prices and such need to start climbing even higher just to go to the ballpark as a whole. It ain't exactly a cheap outing already. 🤷‍♂️

[@r7calvin]

He didn't just pass Ohtani. He practically lapped him. Ohtani's contract is basically $460M undeferred. Soto is getting $300M more.

[@jacobmccain8082]

Ohtani’s is 10yr though right?

[@matthewlane1343]

​@r7calvin that's not how contracts work

[@Youngstomata]

Good thing we got single a baseball to attend right?

[@citylimit33]

move over bobby bonilla… in 5 years from now everyone will be going on about how cohen gave almost $1B to a glorified DH 😂

[@GymAndSun]

I didn’t think for one second that Soto was going to leave the Yankees. Crazy. Congrats Mets

[@smcdonough1427]

Absurd overpayment, holy cow

[@martingalvez4097]

Chump change for Steve

[@richboy7414]

51 Mil a year Aint nothing to KING COHEN!

[@zaneplatt3533]

It is all contexual. In reality, for Cohen, it isn't all that much.

[@matthewlane1343]

Coming from a fan of a team who sent over a billion last off-season 😂 stop it

[@smcdonough1427]

@matthewlane1343 yeah on multiple players, including the single most valuable player in the history of the sport on an unbelievably team friendly contract lmao. Clueless people NEED to stop posting

[@GregCutajar-d6n]

This is a perfect summation of this entire saga. Cohen's goal of legacy, direction of both teams/franchises from here on out, fan perception for both teams and more. Huge, franchise alerting move for the Mets.

[@billygoth]

Thanks you for the late night show fellas.

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

You guys were great covering this SOTO signing. Die hard METS fan over here. Cohen buying my METS,us winning in 86,and this SOTO signing are the 3 best days of my METS fandom 😢❤. LGM!!!!

[@mikedavis5288]

I like Trev’s take on this

[@UBoreMe]

Anybody else get that uneasy gut feeling that this contract is gonna age like milk?

[@martingalvez4097]

Nope great investment

[@UBoreMe]

@martingalvez4097 i hope it works out for the Mets and their fans, but this whole situation is looking like it'll show up in a Jolly Olive "worst contract in baseball" video

[@kuhaku9635]

it alr is lol. He's not worth that much,esp with ohtani as a baseline. assuming his batting is as good as ohtani (35 mil) (which i dont think it is as good). meaning they paid an extra 16mil for his fielding performance... which doesn't make a single sense lol

[@BlacknWhiteBadger88]

No way. Soto is quite literally the closest thing to Bonds right now in that he isn’t just some free swinging, don’t give a fuck hitter but the best at working the strike zone in the game today.

[@UBoreMe]

@kuhaku9635 agreed. Most top end position players get around 35 mil AAV. Judge got 40 mil. I don't see how they can justify this kind of price tag

[@GregCutajar-d6n]

Perfect summation of the entire saga. Cohen's goal of legacy, how each fanbase is reacting post-signing, where both teams go from here and more. Franchise altering move by the Mets.

[@Floww23]

LFGM!!! 💙🧡💜

[@josephmccourt9437]

Red Sox fan here, T Plouffe with the spot on take. But happy for Juan Soto, get that 💰

[@neverend3r]

This deal is WILD

[@AntTalks]

How are we “not ready to say they are better than the Phillies” when Mets just destroyed them in the playoffs WITHOUT Soto.

[@JoeDE22]

Trevor, you are exactly right as a diehard Mets fan for many years under the wilpons it’s been heartbreaking. We have been taking as a joke and called LOL Mets for too long.Yes Steve Cohen has done enough in my eyes to change the perspective of the Mets. Now My son does not have to grow up rooting for the lolMets as I did but a team that he can be proud to rock a Mets hat in public. Yes That’s enough for me.

[@geddoe316]

not even close to worth that. this is just a silly case of "let's outdo the last big number" in terms of contracts

[@the_swoletariat1621]

What would satisfy me as a Yankees fan would be Santander at 1B, Bellinger in the outfield, Max Fried as a #2/#3 in the rotation, and Devin Williams in the Bullpen. That’s pretty much it.

[@jtrades2134]

Not sure Yankee fans should feel bad about the owner not getting Soto. They went as far as possible and Soto said no. Thats not on them.

[@callmedo]

Dominican Republic companies lining up for Mets sponsorship

[@GHKim-ko8ec]

Do NOT even try to compare with Japanese companies😃 Dominican Republic companies => Don't make me laugh 🙄

[@callmedo]

@GHKim-ko8ec well I guess there is one guy that doesn't know what sarcasm is

[@mirikaku5811]

Haha..would be great but DR companies have not much to sell compared to the Japanese..😂

[@t.r4849]

DR civilians still live in mud huts

[@christianburks1516]

Love these two

[@drzalejandro7]

NYY fans will be saying "uhhhhh 27 championships..." all the way to the 22nd century.

[@stevendearmas1633]

The most overpayed player ever, at least shohei ohtani hits better and pitches and he even deffered most of his contract, and he already generated almost 120m for the dodgers this year and will bring more in the future per year. Hell, the dodgers could pay shohei even if he didn't defer with the money he brings in. Mets will regret this in like 5 years.

[@onevato]

Good luck Mets! Go Dodgers!

[@shicrapt]

Who knew that just in 2025, Shohei's contract would already be considered a bargain.

[@josephsong8911]

Everyone who knew an ounce of economics already knew Shoheis contract was a bargain for the dogders when he signed it, even without the deferrals because they make more money just on his brand every year than his undefferred AAV..

[@AICaliceinchains]

@@josephsong8911Exactly, the present day value alone with a modest 7% discount rate is around 340 million. And then you take into account how much value his name alone brings and at worst it’s basically free. Might end up being the best contract ever signed in terms of value added, not even considering on the field value.

[@danielsolano4606]

I said it the night the WS ended, that the embarrassing fashion the Yankees lost the WS would factor into his decision. Remember Soto was the last Yankee in the dugout watching the Dodgers celebrate. If the Yanks offered comparable money and years and he still went Mets, I think that's partially why. Subway series next year is gonna be insane. Hope Yankee fans behave.

[@jtrades2134]

Dodgers beat the Mets in similar fashion though too.

[@colemilz]

@@danielsolano4606 that 5th inning may haunt Yankee fans more than they could've ever imagined...

[@KneeDeep2231]

@@jtrades2134Not really, plus the Mets won two games

[@GymAndSun]

14:05 This is like when Kawhi dipped to the Clippers instead of the Lakers 😅

[@Albeesqware]

Amid it all, Cohen, founder of the Point 72 Asset Management, said he is enjoying being an owner, something he views through a larger prism than just winning ballgames. “I don’t care about the cost side,” he said when asked about the huge dollars he has put into the team. “I said in my original press conference, if I can make millions of people happy, how cool is that? So I actually view it as a civic responsibility.”

[@brudex6505]

trev is 100% right about the legacy point

[@markk2745]

Teoscar Hernández value just went up a lot.

[@Roysorb]

Chris looks like a very handsome ventriloquist dummy

[@chrishall6642]

Appreciate Trevors take on Steve Cohen's legacy. I think it's spot on. He does not care about the money and wants greatness for this organization. Not much else you could possibly ask for from your team's owner.

[@lauracoover3738]

Exactly. When he bought the Mets, Cohen said he didn't do it to treat as a business but as a service to the fans & the city. Unlike Hal S, he doesn't need the team to generate money. In fact, he's losing plenty by investing in the organizational infrastructure, tech, the land redevelopment, etc. But when it all turns around at some point, he knows that will pay off in revenue too. Meanwhile the team's value is rising along with our confidence that winning a chip is near.

[@4lyeskas]

AAV-wise, I think it still doesn't quite reach what football (soccer) players like Messi and Ronaldo were getting at Barca and Madrid. I know Messi's AAV in his last Barca contract was somewhere north of $100m a year. Baseball contracts are also structured differently. Football contracts for big-name players typically come with release clauses (I know Yamal's is something ridiculous like €1bn) which impact the "true" value of the contract and player. $800m total is still ridiculous, generational hitter or not. Imagine paying a guy $50m a year to learn how to field a damn ball properly. What kind of ROI are the Mets even looking at in terms of revenue he'd bring in?

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

And The Dodgers are STILL better lol

[@roymurray2516]

And the Dodgers will still own them 😂

[@pj6951]

This contract is a boat anchor. The rest of the NL will enjoy this for years to come.

[@matthewlane1343]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@citylimit33]

almost $1B for a guy who isnt even good at his position 😂

[@matthewlane1343]

@citylimit33 Ohtahni played a filthy DH last year. Solid point. Did he get the Gold Glove?

[@citylimit33]

@@matthewlane1343 bro, your trying to hard to make a moot point 😂 calm down

[@matthewlane1343]

@@citylimit33 moot point? Please explain your logic?

[@Thomquist-53]

There are 4-5 teams in the NL that possibly run the AL as of now. Leagues are crazy lopsided right now. Similar to the NBA

[@Sinlock-1313]

They hit the nail on the head early. Ohtani already made the Dodgers their money back and will keep earning for them for as long as he wears the uniform. Soto will hit some baseballs at a higher rate than most, that's it. What a weight the Mets just tied around their neck with this crazy contract.

[@jesusfuentes4668]

This is Angels Pujols 2.0, Soto lies about his age, this is not going to end well

[@1FMAlchemist]

Glad for this signing for the Mets. Gives them a bit of happiness and also Yankee fans could use a few more gut punches.

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

I’m a Mets fan, and _I’m_ stunned. I did not think that the Yankees would let Soto get away, especially not to the Mets. And I have to say, he DID look at home in the Bronx. Seems as if he likes what he sees with the Mets more than the Yankees. It does say something that they took the Dodgers to Game 6 of the NLCS in a year that they weren’t going all-in (the payroll argument is disingenuous because of all the dead money, and you know it). Of course, $765mm/15 is absurd, but as long as it doesn’t prevent the Mets from doing other things, it’s fine. Now go bully the White Sox into handing over Garrett Crochet. 😈 25:45 There’s no reason to extend Vientos in the immediate future, Soto or not. I suspect that he just had the best season he’s ever going for to have (on a rate basis), as his underlying metrics scream regression. He’s only a year younger than Soto, but his below-average plate skills and contact ability make him less likely to age well.

[@CW-CardboardBaseball]

16 years, plus the 6 years service time he already has? Damn, that’s a long time!

[@stevemammen5595]

All hail Cohen!! THIS IS A NEW ERA!!

[@Hushupjit]

Rosey looking fly 😎

[@michaelstrain9235]

Use this as the Phillies fan kick to the jugular button :(

[@johnmarchiano7538]

With this signing it moves the Mets all the way to the 3rd best lineup in their own division. They still need to do so much imo.

[@user-er8le9hn6v]

5:57 and 1973

[@happinessiscereal]

Looking good boys

[@BrianRMeo]

Steve Cohen is living all of our dreams, get rich buy a baseball team you grew up loving and be immortalized lol

[@jamesryanlynch3887]

In the big picture this will end up being a positive for the Yanks. I watched damn near every game last yr and this team was extremely fortunate to make the WS, cause they have a ton of holes in the current roster. I could invision missing out on numerous free agents in the future and the excuse for that would be the Soto contract dragging down the organization like an anchor. Plus, these ultra long contracts ALWAYS seem to hit the Yanks harder than most other teams!!

[@daddyilo]

Savannah Bananas are slippin', folks.

[@Youngstomata]

They are a bit over-ripe

[@TheTEN24]

Coach Trev and C Rose you guys have no idea how special this is for us Mets fans like myself and jolly. We spent our whole lives being called little brother well guess whose the big bro now baby!!! LFGM

[@foxweazel798]

Win something first, Lil bro

[@CoolGuy-hh4lg]

Brother...... the fact you have to say you're not the little brother means you are the little brother. You only talk about the Mets in relation to the Yankees. We're like the sun and the Mets are a planet revolving around us. This is going to be the Nets fiasco all over where they said they owned NY when they got kd Kyrie. Where did they go from there? They are still losers. Losing cultures can sign talent. Doesn't mean they aren't still losers. M.E.T.S = My. Entire. Team. Sucks. Soto wanted money. He didn't go to the Mets because he likes the Mets. No one likes the Mets 😂.

[@TheTEN24]

@ who knows if they ever will I’ll take my small victories when I can

[@WeBeatMedicare6969]

When you last win anything?

[@kuhaku9635]

​@@TheTEN24i think they're gonna regret paying that much.....

[@terryhazama201]

Soto will blow out his ACL this coming season. Career over...

[@jamesbuckley8917]

With a $75M signing bonus, he will be paid $46M per year. 5th year player opt out. 5th year team option to ramp up to $55M per year for last 10 years.

[@nickrodriguez9105]

As a lifelong Yankees fan, it is shocking to see we couldn’t resign Soto. But we should use this as an opportunity to pivot and sign more players that will make more of a difference throughout the season

[@citylimit33]

shouldnt be shocking. boone is a bum 😂

[@paulsmith9198]

I was waiting for, "We now go to crazed Mets fan Johnny Olive".

[@Fryed_Bryce]

Someone bout to open a car wash chain

[@Quanic2000]

The difference was $5,000,000... He didn't want to be a Yankee.

[@josephsong8911]

It was a difference of 4.5m AAV, 51mil/year -Mets, 47.5 - Yankees,

[@iceebluu3572]

don't forget the option that could have him making an extra 4 mil/yr for his last 10 yrs of the contract

[@commentpocket1236]

He would have been happy to be a yankee had the yanks offered more. Highest bidder, simple as that

[@cesarcussianovich6175]

The difference is 100 mill ,. Review that contract

[@cesarcussianovich6175]

The difference is 100 mill ,. Review that contract

[@Aaron-rv8qj]

The only positive thing I can see coming out of this is.... at least the big name free agents are still on the board for the most part. It didn't drag long enough for free agents to sign with other teams and leave the Yankees with no one to pursue.

[@winningteam459]

I agree with Chris Rose with the legacy talk. Just buying players does nothing for Steve Cohen. You have to win championships. Steinbrenner paid up but he also won big. If the Mets don’t win a World Series with Soto it will be seen as a colossal failure.

[@levy9595]

Cohen's net worth has gone up by BILLIONS of dollars since buying the Mets, despite operating the team at a deficit. His net worth has still risen more than many of the other owners entire total net worth. Him, his wife and their families are true die hard Mets fans, and Steve doesnt need to make money from the Mets, he himself says he sees his ownership like a philanthropic endeavor for New York and Mets fans. The game is different for him than it is for Hal Steinbrenner and basically every other owner.

[@tonykast9080]

So to make the shohei deal worth it they said 3 years World Series but for Juan Soto it's one ?

[@donaldmiller7628]

Odin is in as garden I will give mets the help like extra thunder ⚡

[@RealROI]

Baseball desperately needs salary cap

[@OwenAOBrien]

Yankees Plan B: get a pitcher (Max Fried?) and some one-year fillers (Paul Goldschmidt or Carlos Santana, Jorge Polanco) and then pay up next year for Kyle Tucker and Vlad Jr.

[@trumanquinn]

Mets fan, dragging my balls through this chat!!! lgm

[@Wolverine8091]

Cohen is the new boss in town, soto saw the mets with a better future with this owner where he has unlimited money, can't blame him

[@qlip13]

chris in his post sb interview fit

[@SymboIik]

I think the Mets just told Soto “hey we played the dodgers and beat them more than the Yankees .. so just join us”

[@vincentsibeto2651]

Who would you rather have, Kyle Tucker and Corbin Burns or Juan Soto?

[@seannorton69]

As a Red Sox, it doesn't bother me, we need pitching, it's possible Boston goes after Vlad JR next year.

[@geekimusprime]

Don’t forget the extra $75 million signing bonus from the Mets, sealed the deal

[@SO-if3yn]

Chris Rose totally in a bathroom:)

[@eburns1]

Hopefully this leads to some kneejerk bad contracts doled out by the Yankees this winter and screws them even more moving foward.

[@rk9wolverine810]

Yankees will be hard pressed to sign Kyle Tucker. Clean shaven, great lefty bat that can play defense. NYY will be alright….if they choose to be

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

15 years? That's insane

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

14:15 Yankees fans ARE stunned and upset, but as would be the case with any fan base in such a situation, there’s some denial. It’s natural, and completely understandable. Their emotions are manifesting as sour grapes (whinemaking, if you will), i.e. “Soto’s not worth it,” “he’s selfish,” “his contract is going to age horribly,” “he’s a DH,” “he cares about money more than winning,” “he’s not Shohei,” “LOLMets are still losers,” etc., and trading barbs with jubilant, occasionally self-satisfied Mets fans about “RINgzz!!1!” It’s not unlike how many Nats fans reacted in 2022, when Washington traded Soto after he rejected their extension offer. It’s only natural. And not for nothing-and I say this as a Mets fan-would it actually be all that surprising if the Yankees won the World Series in 2025? We saw something similar happen a few years ago, after the free agent departure of another 26-year-old generational talent (and Juan Soto was center stage). One never knows. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@CrushDani]

Chris Rose on his way to court

[@n1ghtt295]

7:36 Finish the job is ideal, but Phils went all out and have no hardware, so is that a fail?

[@Feanor026]

He must have been really hating on the Yankees to go to the Mets for the same amount of money. Especially the fact he is going from the AL to the NL, so to a league where the "best" team was the Yankees last year (so no really big treat in the AL) to the NL with a lot of great teams so more difficult to reach the playoff but also more stars to play against to win MVP which he never did.

[@peterharris6409]

You don’t think Juan thought about the fact that he’s fiddle number Two on the Yankees and he’s the Clear number One on the Mets? He gets to be the face of the franchise for the next 15 years or he could live in Judge’s shadow. Easy choice if you ask me

[@JoseRodriguez-il4kp]

Mets have to win at least 10 more Word Series to even be in the conversation with the Yankees. I don't wish Soto anything bad, but if he gets hurt the Mets are screwed for the next 15 years.

[@bugjuicereviews]

Crazy Soto is taking the pay cut to go to the Mets. 760 over 14 years is 54 mill per year. 765 over 15 years is 51 a year. Would he be worth another 50 million by the time that 14 years is over? Maybe not, but if he's still decent he could get that 5 million to make the difference in the contracts. Just lured him in with the bigger number when it's not even the better deal.

[@shaylarz]

Pour one out for producer Dan

[@jordanmeyer3850]

its so much money i cant be mad at my cubs for not making this move, right???

[@robertsarlo368]

if he has an opt-out in 5 years, this is NOT a 15-year contract. It is a 5-year one.

[@JoseRodriguez-il4kp]

I think Soto preferred teaming up with Francisco Lindor and the youth movement of the Mets