Juan Soto signs biggest contract in Major League Baseball history with New York Mets
The Dominican has signed a 15-year contract worth $765 million with the Mets, making it the most lucrative contract in any sport.
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Baseball megastar Juan Soto has signed a record-breaking contract with the New York Mets, the biggest deal in Major League Baseball (MLB) history.
As per the MLB, Soto has agreed to a 15-year deal worth $765 million, breaking the previous record deal of $700 million set a year ago to the day by National League MVP Ohtani Shohei.
The Dominican outfielder’s agreement is the most lucrative deal in not just the history of baseball, but in sporting history, signing with the Mets until 2039 in what is also the longest MLB contract ever.
Soto spent the 2024 season with the New York Yankees, where they reached the World Series before being defeated by Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In his sole season with the Yankees, the 26-year-old batted .288/.419/.569 and recorded his best career numbers in home runs (41) and runs (128, only bettered by Ohtani).
According to ESPN data, the four-time All-Star is the eighth player in history to surpass 200 home runs before the age of 26, and the only one to have recorded 900 hits and 700 bases.
The Mets will be Soto’s fourth MLB team since he made his major-league debut in 2018 with the Washington Nationals, with whom he won the World Series with in 2019.
He departed the capital team after five seasons to join the San Diego Padres in 2022, helping them to the National League Championship Series in his debut season before signing for the Yankees in December 2023.
The 2025 MLB season gets underway on 18 March 2025, with the regular season starting on 27 March 2025.