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Analysis: After Juan Soto's megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon

For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history

The Independent UK

MLB Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg announces his cancer has returned and spread

Sandberg announced his metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis in January 2024

The Independent UK

Roki Sasaki Nears Lifelong MLB Dream As Free Agency Sweepstakes Begin

The 23-year-old Japanese phenom pitcher left a nine-figure deal on the table by coming to the U.S. now, and has his sights set on stardom as all 30 teams line up to make their pitches.

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Juan Soto’s gigantic Mets deal is an overpay that was necessary

Sometimes you have to risk it to get the biscuit.

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Finding the Yankees’ Potential Plan B After Losing the Juan Soto Sweepstakes

New York fell short to its crosstown rival in the bidding for Soto but can still make improvements. Here are some tantalizing options for the club to target.

Sports Illustrated

Soto's record $765 million, 15-year contract with Mets reverberates through Major League Baseball

Juan Soto’s record $765 million, 15-year contract with the New York Mets, the largest and longest deal in baseball history, has reverberated across the winter meetings

The Independent UK

Though Long Overdue, Dick Allen and Dave Parker Fittingly Enter Hall of Fame Together

The two players endured racism and personal hardship during their time in baseball but were finally honored as legends by the Classic Era Committee on Sunday.

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Hitting it out of the park: What’s Juan Soto’s net worth after signing $765m deal with the Mets?

Deal is so big it could ‘break baseball’

The Independent UK

MLB Analyst A.J. Pierzynski Finds Odd Way to Question Mets' Signing of Juan Soto

Do you go out of your way to watch Juan Soto play baseball?

Sports Illustrated

Dominican Baseball Player Juan Soto Signs the World's Most Expensive Sports Contract

Soto made history both in and outside of baseball with more expensive contract than soccer stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Latin Times

Steve Cohen Was Never Going to Lose the Biggest Auction in Sports History

The New York Mets owner has enough money to get what he really wants, whether it’s a work of art or a generational baseball player. He was always going to win the bidding war for Juan Soto.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Record Contracts: Soto, Ohtani, Trout, Betts, Judge, And More

Explore the top MLB contracts, including Juan Soto's record-breaking 5 million Mets deal and other notable player agreements in baseball history.

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MLB Contracts: Deferred Money Impact On Player Valuations

Explore the impact of deferred money in MLB contracts, from Ohtani's groundbreaking deal to Soto's potential future agreement.

The Independent UK

Will Juan Soto top Shohei Ohtani's deal? In the era of deferred money, it might depend on the math

Deciding whether Juan Soto tops Shohei Ohtani for baseball’s largest contract could be in the eye of the beholder because of all the deferred money in Ohtani’s deal

The Independent UK

The A's are expected to clear the last major hurdle for a $1.75 billion Las Vegas stadium Thursday

The Las Vegas Stadium Authority is expected to approve the 30-year lease, non-relocation and development documents Thursday to clear the last major hurdles for the Athletics to construct a stadium on the Strip and bring Major League Baseball to the expanding sports market

The Guardian - US

Baseball has much larger problems than the farcical ‘golden at-bat’

The proposed rule change has been met with widespread derision. But MLB has two teams in temporary homes and an avalanche of pitcher injuries

Sports Illustrated

Is King Félix’s Career-Long Seattle Reign Long Enough for the Hall of Fame?

Devoted Mariner Félix Hernández enjoyed a fantastic peak before a precipitous decline that puts his Baseball Hall of Fame induction in doubt, but he deserves a long look.

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