TAMPA – The New York team pursued Juan Soto, which exceeded $500 million and $600 million, and ultimately exceeded $700 million. Both still saw the influence of Prime's era, historic batting talent, and the lineup he can have.
So the Yankees went 16 years at $760 million to try to keep him up, and the Mets won in 15 years at $765 million. And they were in line with Soto's ratings, but the Yankees did what they did next, but the Mets wouldn't have been able to land Soto.
The Yanks signed the starter into his age-31 season on an eight-year contract of 31 season, for the biggest money ever guaranteed left-handedness.
The David Stearns Mets philosophically show that they don't believe in long-term deals for players in their 30s. Musical cue on Pete Alonso's two-year contract. So the Yankees quickly considered Freed the best counter to lose Soto, but the Mets didn't even get engaged to Freed or Corbin Burns.
