Just over two months ago, MLB stars Juan Soto signed historical contract. A few weeks ago, he joined the New York Mets in Florida in spring training.
15-year-old, $ 765 million he signed was the most lucrative contract in professional sports.
In mid -February, Soto still It seemed to process a life -changing contact.
“I’m still thinking about it and everything. That’s amazing,” he said at the time. “I’m really happy about that. I’m really happy to know where I will be for the next 15 years.”
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Juan Soto New York Mets during spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida, February 16, 2025. (Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
But Soto revealed that he received offers from other teams that exceeded the amount of the eyes Mets presented.
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“Mets did not offer the most money”, Soto saidspeaking in Spanish. “Some teams offered more.”
Soto later said that Mets’s culture was one of the reasons why he decided to leave Bronx in favor of Queens.
The New York Mets Right Fielder Juan Soto plays a catch during spring training at Clover Park. (Sam Navarro/Imagen Images)
Sny reported that “more teams, including Boston, had a willingness to exceed a high offer if they knew the Soto would agree.”
New York Mets’ Juan Soto hit a solo home race during the first inning of spring training game against Houston Astros 22. February 2025 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Soto will wear his wounded jersey number 22 with Mets. Third Bazgt Batt has worn that number in the last three seasons. But Soto gave him a brand new SUV during spring training to convince the attacker to move to no. 7.
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“No, you didn’t,” Baty said as he smiled and went out in front of a team spring training complex to see Soto near Chevrolet Tahoe, who had “Thanks for #22” at the back window.
Baty, the 12th overall selection of Mets on draft 2019, still drove the same Toyota 4runner from 2016 in high school.
“I really appreciate the number,” Soto told him. “It’s the first I ever wore.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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