As an example, just in the few seconds that you will spend reading this first paragraph, Juan Soto will have added about 30 euros to his checking account, a dizzying influx of money that will continue for the next 15 years thanks to the largest contract in history in terms of total value between an athlete and a professional team, the New York Mets in this case: 726 million euros.
“Juan Soto earns in one day the mortgage that will take me 20 years to pay,” any ordinary citizen can say if he bothers to do the math. That normal worker will not be wrong when pronouncing those words because the equivalences of the Dominican hitter’s mega contract offer dizzying figures, another confirmation of the colossal amount of money that the great sports stars generate and earn.
Indeed, Soto will earn 132,602 euros every day for the next 15 years just with that contract with the Mets, which carries a signing bonus of 71 million, but that figure will be higher because the Dominican will have more extra income from other concepts such as advertising.
Juan Soto, bathed in gold
The agreement would increase from 726 to 764 million if the Mets exercise their right to cancel Soto’s exit clause in 2029. More than 5,500 euros per hour or almost one million euros per week are other exorbitant averages of the new contract. Soto, who was the most coveted free agent after ending his relationship with the United States this year. New York Yankees.
The most successful and famous baseball club in the world also bid heavily for him (721 million for 16 years), like the Boston Red Sox y Toronto Blue Jaysbut Soto decided to change teams in the city of skyscrapers and has surpassed the previous record, which had been held since last year by Shohei Ohtani: 664 million euros in 10 years with Los Angeles Dodgersan average of 66.4 million a year, higher than Soto’s (48.4).
Curiously, the Japanese Dodgers beat the Dominican Yankees (4-1) in the last World Seriesthe final of the North American Baseball League (MLB).
Juan Soto will continue in New York, but changes the Yankees for the Mets
The tycoon Steve Cohen He bought the franchise in 2020 and wants to end the drought: the Mets won the title for the second and last time in 1986. The hiring of Soto is another step towards that goal. The Mets will be his fourth team after Washington Nationals (2018-22), San Diego Padres (2022-23) and those mentioned Yankees (2023-24).
Soto debuted in the MLB At only 19 years old, he soon demonstrated his power with bat in hand and won the World Series at the age of 21 in 2019. The Dominican will pocket around 300,000 euros per game and, if he maintains his performance this season (41), every home run of his It will cost more or less a million euros.
Four years ago, in 2020, the quarterback Patrick Mahomes signed the highest value contract up to that time with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL: 445 million euros for 10 years. The latest extension of Jayson Tatum with the Boston Celtics of the NBA It is also superlative, 299 million in five years for an astonishing average of almost 60 million a year.
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