Soto's agent reportedly told teams his client would deliver $1.5 billion in 'surplus value' before securing Soto the largest contract in professional sports history.

Juan Soto’s arrival as a Met, the highest-paid player ever, and with a contract 15 times longer, wasn’t a surprise to those around Steve Cohen — but it was to the owner himself.

After the meeting ended and Soto departed, Cohen told Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns that Soto was “going back to the Yankees.” But to his surprise, Cohen got a call from Soto’s agent Scott Boras the next morning that stunned the Mets owner.

On the night before Opening Day, many New York Mets fans across the world might have woken up after dreaming about seeing Juan Soto ... offer for Soto, [Soto's agent Scott] Boras did not need ...

Meet the Mets: endearing, entertaining ... and eternal underdogs. But the franchise vibes are changing thanks to a billionaire owner who bleeds orange and blue.

In this data-driven era, with AI ripping the steering wheel out of our hands, who knows with any degree of certainty where baseball will be a decade from now.

Juan Soto hit his first home run with the New York Mets, connecting in the third inning against the Houston Astros

With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty. After signing the biggest contract in baseball history last offseason, the slugger came to bat with two runners aboard and the Mets down by two in the ninth inning Thursday.