Barry Svrluga Breaks Down Juan Soto's Crazy Contract
The Sports Junkies
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🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I believe we have a late booking. |
| 0:02.5 | Beres Verlugar from the Washington Post will join us shortly to help us talk about the Juan Soto signing with the Mets and more. |
| 0:09.8 | The Juan Soto deal surprised me, not that the Mets got him, but I was expecting something, because these are the reports you were hearing. |
| 0:16.6 | You were hearing, you know, 550 to like 600 million, maybe 650. And when I saw the numbers, 15 years, 765 million, no deferrals. And it's got an opt out after five years. I just thought, oh, m.g. I'm not surprised that Steve Cohen got him. I was just kind of surprised at the numbers. |
| 0:39.1 | And, you know, this is the biggest contract in the history of sports. |
| 0:42.9 | All right. Joining us to talk about that is Barry's Verluga sports columnist at the Washington Post. |
| 0:49.1 | First, Barry, thanks for joining us on short notice. It is appreciated. Yes, sir. No problem. |
| 0:54.5 | Happy to do it, guys. |
| 0:55.4 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:56.3 | So how taking it back were you by the numbers, not really by the signing? |
| 1:00.6 | We knew the Mets were one of the finalists to NAB Juan Soto. |
| 1:04.6 | But were you surprised that there was no deferred money and that the number reached $765 million? |
| 1:13.6 | Yeah, I mean, I think it'd be hard to say you weren't kind of blown away by that. That's an AAB of $51 million a year. And with |
| 1:20.1 | Otani, when the numbers got really high, you're thinking, well, you're, you know, you're buying |
| 1:24.6 | two players. You're buying a pitcher eventually and a hitter. |
| 1:28.2 | This guy is, I mean, I believe in his talent and I think he is the best free agent in a 20-year |
| 1:34.9 | period in the non-Otani division, but he's going to be a DH pretty soon. So you're paying this guy |
| 1:41.9 | $51 million a year to be, you know, one of the best hitters in the game, if not the best hitter in the game. |
| 1:48.4 | I kind of, you know, we could have that debate another time. |
| 1:51.9 | But, man, teach your kids to play baseball because the money is guaranteed. |
| 1:57.7 | There's no, you know, the opt out will only be used if he thinks he can get more than the remainder of the deal. |
| 2:06.2 | And, you know, if you have an owner like Steve Cohen who literally does not care. |
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