The contract, which the Mets have not confirmed because it’s pending a physical, contains a $75m signing bonus, an opt-out after five seasons and no deferred money.
According to reports, New York will have the ability to void Soto’s opt-out clause after the 2029 season if they boost the average annual value of the final ten years of his deal from $51m to $55m.
Signed in 2023, he will be on the Dodgers' payroll for the next 20 years under the unique terms that mean he will only make $2m each of the next ten years.Trout has been either the best player in baseball or close to it for the better part of a decade, and the Angels rewarded him accordingly. At the time he signed this 12-year contract extension in 2019, it was the richest deal in professional American sports.In 2021, the Dodgers signed a 12-year deal to keep Betts until 2032, having acquired him in a trade from theJudge became a free agent after the 2022 season, but the Yankees ensured he remained in the iconic pinstripes by agreeing a nine-year, $360m deal amid interest from the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.
However, the two parties cancelled their deal in 2020 following a disagreement over his next opponent and the financial rewards involved.The four-time F1 world champion signed a six-year, $330m deal with Red Bull in 2022 that sees him earn a salary of $55m - the highest on the grid.