Juan Soto can become the sport’s first $800 million man.
Some early rumors in the Juan Soto sweepstakes painted Steve Cohen potentially willing to outbid the field by $50 million to land the star slugger.with the Mets can reach $805 million if the Mets void his opt-out clause after his fifth season with the team.The Mets, however, can lock him in for another 10 years by upping his average annual salary from $51 million to $55 million after the 2029 season.
It’s hard to project five years out, but it’s fair to assume based on Soto’s current trajectory that he will be in a position to opt out in five years when he will be 31.Yankees' Plan B options after Juan Soto turns into villain with Mets signingWhile it may be fair to wonder if a 31-year-old Soto — who may become a full-time DH later in his career — could land a $10-year, $510 million free-agent deal, the Mets may not want to take that chance.
Cohen has shown that money is no object, and Soto will still likely have several more peak years left before the contract becomes troublesome.The Yankees had a similar clause with Gerrit Cole’s contract — Scott Boras represents both players — which allowed him to opt out unless the Yankees added a 10th year for $36 million.
Soto’s contract would then go from averaging $51 million per season to $53.67 million per season over the course of his Mets tenure.Shohei Ohtani tops Soto in that regard with his $70 million AAV, but that comes with the caveat that he is being paid to be both a hitter and a pitcher — and that he deferred $680 million, making the present-day value of his contract roughly $460 million.
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