{"id":39548,"date":"2025-03-08T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T09:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39548"},"modified":"2025-03-08T09:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T09:07:26","slug":"breaking-mets-juan-soto-turns-heads-with-unexpected-free-agency-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39548","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mets\u2019 Juan Soto Turns Heads With Unexpected Free Agency Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Soto\u00a0made history this offseason when he signed a 15-year, $765 million deal with the\u00a0New York Mets.<\/p>\n

One team apparently appeared willing to outspend the Mets.<\/p>\n

That news comes directly from Soto himself. Dominican sports reporters Vian Araujo Puello and Ricardo Rodr\u00edguez recently released a clip of an interview with Soto joining them on their\u00a0Abriendo El Podcast<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Soto\u2014who spent last season with the\u00a0New York Yankees\u2014confirmed the Mets, Yankees,\u00a0Boston Red Sox,\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers, and\u00a0Toronto Blue Jays\u00a0were finalists in free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mets weren\u2019t the ones who offered the most money,\u201d Soto\u00a0admitted. \u201cThere were teams that offered more than the Mets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soto did not name the unspecified teams in that clip. It is unknown if he\u2019ll reveal those teams when the episode premieres Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0NJ.com, the Yankees likely are not among those clubs. The Yankees reportedly offered Soto a 16-year, $760 million to remain in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, perhaps a team\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>among the finalists presented Soto with such a lucrative offer. For example, the\u00a0San Diego Padres\u00a0and\u00a0Philadelphia Phillies\u00a0are no strangers to awarding mega contracts to young superstars.<\/p>\n

However, we can likely safely rule out teams like the\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates,\u00a0Tampa Bay Rays, and\u00a0Seattle Mariners. Those organizations don\u2019t even sign older free agents, so any of them potentially offering Soto upwards of $800 million sounds incredibly unrealistic.<\/p>\n

Soto unofficially began his Mets career with two home runs, four RBI, and a 1.264 OPS in his first five spring training games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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