O/T - Juan Soto - 15 years/$765M with the Mets

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Well, it didn't take the Yankees long to get over the heartbreak of Soto walking, did it? And they aren't through...

Yanks were embarrassed by Soto so they had to try something to gun for that elusive second WS in the last 25 years.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Yanks were embarrassed by Soto so they had to try something to gun for that elusive second WS in the last 25 years.

They have 27. All the wannabees have far less. No one will equal that in my lifetime, no matter how much they spend.

[darwinbulldog]

I suppose a person could do a lot of good with that kind of money. Congratulations to the man, and I look forward to seeing what he does with the opportunity.

[G1911]

$765,000,000 to hit a baseball and provide some entertainment. Wow. I suppose that's a little more sensible than $20,000,000,000 to have a hedge fund. It is a little difficult to not conclude that there is something off with this system. Good for the winners of that system who have a talent for something it values, but wow.

[Seven]

Everyone already knows my feelings about how too much money has entered the game. It's ridiculous that players are being paid this much, but I digress. Soto is a spectacular hitter, there's little denying that. He's a decent runner from as far as I know, but I do not think that outfield in Citi field will do him any favors. The Mets also have many holes on their team, that Cohen needs to address as Juan Soto does not fix all of their problems. That being said, I am happy for Mets fans. They got the guy they wanted, it will be interested to see if he lives up to the contract.

I don't think anyone is worth 800 Million. Maybe you can justify it with Ohtani, because of his broad appeal to Japan and also due to the fact that he can pitch. But fact of the matter is, that's a gigantic financial commitment for someone who we have no idea how he will perform. He could very well continue to be the Soto of old, or turn into Mike Trout where he constantly gets hurt, these are the risks that the owner takes. It's not my money though. To quote another member, the fans will pay for this deal. I'm sure the Citi Field ticket prices are getting jacked up higher and higher as I type this.

I'd feel comfortable giving 800 Million to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays or Ted Williams. That of course assumes they manage to put up the same numbers they did in their respective primes

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by Seven

I'd feel comfortable giving 800 Million to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays or Ted Williams. That of course assumes they manage to put up the same numbers they did in their respective primes

So it’s no longer about reaching the top of the mountain?

Mantle = 7 WS wins
Mays = 1 WS wins
Williams = 0 WS wins

In 1930 Ruth made $80,000. Adjusted to 2024 $’s that’s $1,500,000 for playing a game. Damn good money from any perspective. Most of these guys wouldn’t make anything close in the real world.

Originally Posted by John1941

Not really. In 2006 Neil deMause of Baseball Prospectus wrote an article called "Do High Salaries Lead to High Ticket Prices?" He found that the data showed that higher salaries do not lead to higher ticket prices: "in the first dozen years of free agency, as salaries more than tripled, ticket prices actually went down in inflation-adjusted dollars." Increased ticket prices after that point were due more to changes in stadiums than salaries.

Will all due respect…. What a bunch of horse shit.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Yanks were embarrassed by Soto so they had to try something to gun for that elusive second WS in the last 25 years.

When you're the most storied, dominant, successful, popular and valuable team in all of Major League Baseball... you have absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about lol

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

When you're the most storied, dominant, successful, popular and valuable team in all of Major League Baseball... you have absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about lol

Pretty sure they were more focused on trying to sign Soto than thinking about how it doesn’t matter in light of their 1920s World Series wins.