{"id":15747,"date":"2024-12-09T07:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2024-12-09T07:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:02:32","slug":"trending-juan-soto-breaks-shohei-ohtanis-record-deal-for-the-richest-contract-in-sports-history-this-raises-a-comparison-between-the-two-superstars-who-truly-deserves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=15747","title":{"rendered":"TRENDING: Juan Soto Breaks Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s Record Deal for the Richest Contract in Sports History. 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Soto on Sunday, December 8, signed a 15-year deal with the Mets for $765 million.<\/p>\n<p>Soto just signed what is technically the richest contract in MLB history and the history of American professional sports, even though he will earn a $51 million annual average salary compared to Ohtani\u2019s $70 million average paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>But the most significant difference between the two contracts is that New York will not defer any of Soto\u2019s money, which means no immediate relief for the Mets that would resemble the salary cap freedom the Dodgers received after locking in Ohtani over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSoto\u2019s deal includes no deferrals, one opt-out clause (after the 2029 season) and a $75 million signing bonus, a source told MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand,\u201d per MLB News. \u201cThe Mets\u2019 highest offer passed that of the [New York] Yankees, who rode Soto\u2019s bat to the World Series in 2024 and offered him $760 million over 16 years, per a source.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto is joining the New York Mets on a historic contract just one season after Shohei Ohtani broke the all-time record with his deal from the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TRENDING: Juan Soto Breaks Shohei Ohtani&#039;s Record Deal for the Richest Contract in Sports History. 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