Juan Soto to the Mets

[Thurston Fluff]

51 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Another gross black mark on MLB.  When will enough be enough for the have-nots?

When there are enough have-nots to refuse to refuse the next CBA unless major changes are made to even the playing field.

[yourout]

MLB has lost its freaking mind.

[Frisbee Slider]

37 minutes ago, yourout said:

MLB has lost its freaking mind.

Isn’t it within an owner’s rights to overpay a player, though?

[sveumrules]

Was curious how Soto's production compared with some of his predecessors leading up to their respective MegaDeals, so here they are in reverse chronological order. Age in parentheses is for the first year of the contract...

2025 Soto (Age 26: 15/765)
4,088 PAs | 158 wRC+ | 36.3 WAR
216 BB+ | 77 K+ | 115 AVG+ | 149 ISO+

2024 Devers (Age 27: 10/313.5)
3,614 PAs | 123 wRC+ | 21.4 WAR
96 BB+ | 92 K+ | 113 AVG+ | 136 ISO+

2023 Judge (Age 31: 9/360)
3,161 PAs | 163 wRC+ | 35.4 WAR
180 BB+ | 130 K+ | 114 AVG+ | 180 ISO+

2023 Turner (Age 30: 11/300)
3,737 PAs | 124 wRC+ | 32.9 WAR
81 BB+ | 83 K+ | 120 AVG+ | 110 ISO+

2022 Lindor (Age 28: 10/341)
4,034 PAs | 117 wRC+ | 34.6 WAR
101 BB+ | 68 K+ | 110 AVG+ | 116 ISO+

2022 Seager (Age 28: 10/325)
2,710 PAs | 132 wRC+ | 21.9 WAR
106 BB+ | 87 K+ | 116 AVG+ | 120 ISO+

2021 Mookie (Age 28: 12/365)
3,875 PAs | 136 wRC+ | 37.6 WAR
123 BB+ | 61 K+ | 118 AVG+ | 131 ISO+

2020 Yelich (Age 28: 9/215)
4,043 PAs | 137 wRC+ | 31.7 WAR
130 BB+ | 100 K+ | 117 AVG+ | 115 ISO+

2019 Trout (Age 27: 12/426.5)
4,673 PAs | 171 wRC+ | 63.4 WAR
184 BB+ | 106 K+ | 120 AVG+ | 170 ISO+

2019 Harper (Age 26: 13/330)
3,957 PAs | 140 wRC+ | 28.6 WAR
175 BB+ | 104 K+ | 108 AVG+ | 149 ISO+

2019 Machado (Age 26: 10/300)
4,074 PAs | 120 wRC+ | 29.8 WAR
90 BB+ | 80 K+ | 111 AVG+ | 127 ISO+

2015 Giancarlo (Age 25: 13/325)
2,640 PAs | 145 wRC+ | 21.7 WAR
148 BB+ | 148 K+ | 104 AVG+ | 185 ISO+

2001 A-ROD (Age 25: 10/252)
3,515 PAs | 137 wRC+ | 35.0 WAR
94 BB+ | 110 K+ | 113 AVG+ | 154 ISO+

[TURBO]

[torts]

The trout numbers are insane

[bigred]

On 12/8/2024 at 9:58 PM, torts said:

I happened to see this video on YouTube the other day, and that kid is absolutely hilarious. He's on his way home from the dentist, after anesthesia. 🤣

[Playing Catch]

If you had to put $100 down on a bet of whether or not Soto will opt out after 5 seasons, what would you bet?

I would bet... no.

[igor67]

I would bet no as well, and it's as simple as asking how many Hall of Famers would you want on your team at a premium price for Age 26-31 vs. How many Hall of Famers do you want to pay premium price for Age 32-41

[wallus]

No, he won't opt out. His defense is already not phenomenal and there have been a few questions about his age. The Mets will be stuck with him.

[AKCheesehead]

I'm looking forward to the last few years of this deal where the Brewers are getting superior production from some kid that's in elementary or middle school right now, than the Mets are getting from Soto.  For about $50 million a year less.

[owbc]

On 12/9/2024 at 8:52 AM, Frisbee Slider said:

Eventually, the super teams will have hundreds of millions of dollars committed to players past their prime. I have to believe there’s a tipping point in a few years.

I bet many of the owners are having second thoughts about allowing Cohen buy a team, that's for sure. You're not supposed to care more about winning than profits.