Juan Soto's Still in New York!

Eh, it was only two teams ago, but it's a cool card

    But, it's the New York Mets. Wow. Way to add insult to injury. The Yankees just lost the World Series, and then lost the man they couldn't make it without. What's more, Soto signed the biggest contract in sports history -- 15 years, $765 million. I thought Ohtani's record wasn't gonna be beat, not anytime soon, and here it's crushed one season later. I didn't even realize that he had signed until like 4:00 yesterday afternoon.

    I could go into detail about the pay of major leaguers, but that would be a rather boring post. I'll just say that I wish ticket prices went down, even if it meant a small pay cut. Then again, I ain't playing in the majors! 

    Soto is coming off arguably his best season in 2024, when he hit a career-high 41 home runs, and led the league with 128 runs. He should be great for the first chunk of his contract, but by year fifteen he'll be 40 years old, and I don't know how long he'll be good for. The Mets are going to be getting at least 5-7 years of elite production out of Soto, and hopefully he'll still be great when he's 35 and older.

    Well, here we are. I wonder how the Mets will fare in 2025, now that they have an enormous piece. I was kind of thinking he would sign with Boston, so that he could hit a whole mess of tanks down the rightfield line, but I guess improved stats weren't all that he wanted.

    One of my friends is going to be really happy about this signing. I know one of them is not happy about it too. I can't say I'm happy, but I can't be too disappointed either. There was no way on this lovely planet that the Rangers were signing him, so the only way he could have really annoyed me is if he signed with the Astros, or, sorry to say it, Dodgers.

    How do y'all feel about this giant contract? I kind of don't know what to think of it. $51 million a year for fifteen years is a monster paycheck (gee, I wish I were making that much). This begs my question about whether or not players are being paid too much. I know from experience that there are some very mixed opinions on that subject, and it's a big long post for another day.

    Tomorrow's post on the blog will see both a neat and rather disappointing card pack I opened a few days ago. Stay tuned, and I'll catch y'all later. Happy collecting!