BY SCOTT MORGANROTH
Could there be another Subway Series in the Fall Classic in October?
The way things are going right now, it’s hard to bet against it.
During the off-season, the Mets landed former Yankee Juan Soto in free agency.
He’s the latest to play for both New York clubs.
He’s joins Darryl Strawberry, Gary Sheffield, Rickey Henderson, Curtis Granderson, Doc Gooden, David Cone, Robinson Cano, Bartolo Colon, Yogi Berra, and Carlos Beltran.
This is quite a list.
There are so many intriguing parts of the Soto signing.
His 2025 Salary of $61.9 Million is larger than the Miami Marlins Opening Day Payroll of $47.9 Million.
The perks in his 15-year deal worth $765 Million include the following:
1. No.22 Jersey
2. Luxury Suite at Citi-Field
3. Four Premium Seats Per-Game.
4. Award Bonuses.
5. Security For Family.
There is one perk which is missing.
There is no Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for line-up protection.
On May 20, Juan Soto thought he homered so he stood in the batters box to watch it.
The play ended up being a long single.
After the game, Mendoza wasn’t happy with the effort. “You gotta get out of the box. We’ll discuss that..” Mendoza was alluding that Soto didn’t hustle out of the box.
Let’s face the reality, the New York Mets are going to have an eventful year as they battle for the front pages with the New York Yankees.
The Soto signing is going to add to the intrigue.
On last week’s edition of 108 Stitches, Baseball Talk, My crew included: Eric Katz, George Eichorn, Trent Clark and longtime New York Mets fan Stuart Hack.
The title of the show was “Biting Into Big Apple Baseball” as we talked about should be Hall of Famers on both sides, each team’s revenue sources as well as values, clips from Mets Sports Writer Tim Healy, as well as other storylines. All the videos are in this story.
Clark is a Baseball Lifer that’s worked with the LA Angels, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. He’s a regular panelist on our show that airs at 8:30 PM ET Monday Night’s on You Tube.
The one thing that he said which stood out is the length of Soto’s contract which as we mentioned is 15-years.
The length is always a concern these days when signing a mega super star.
We’ll find out down the road if that comes to fruition with Soto. We’ve seen this happen with Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols.
This is why owners are reluctant to had out deals much longer than eight years.
The smaller markets could do it in order to keep a player in their market for a long time and make them the face of the franchise.
At the moment, Soto is ———————————————————————————.
The Mets are currently in first place with a record of ———- —- games ahead of second place ——————.
Time will tell whether Soto was worth the investment or whether he’ll be traded before the end of the contract.
His signing is another development in the Subway Series and he joins the list mentioned above that has worn both sets of pinstripes.
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