This, Steve Cohen noted, was different from other free-agent courtships.
This was an in-his-prime superstar, a player that could further transform the Mets, who had already proven he could handle New York City. In fact, when he hired president of baseball operations David Stearns just over a year ago, they talked about pursuing Soto.
It could be worth as much as $805 million if the Mets choose to void Soto’s opt-out clause after the 2029 season and boost the average annual value of the final 10 years of his deal from $51 million to $55 million. It also included a whopping $75 million signing bonus. During one of the meetings with Soto, the star outfielder asked Cohen how many championships he wanted to win over the next decade.“That’s what you play baseball for, to be a championship player and try to win as many as you can,” Soto said. “At the end of the day, you can have all the stuff and everything, if you don’t win, it’s kind of hard. That’s what I want to do. I want to have the best chance to win every year, and try to win as many World Series as we can.
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