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• Mets' Juan Soto: Keeps raking in camp

  7D ago • By RotoWire

  Soto went 2-for-3 with a double, a solo home run and a second run scored in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals. The $765 million man is thoroughly enjoying his first spring training with the Mets, taking Sonny Gray deep in the third inning Monday. Soto is batting .444 (8-for-18) through eight Grapefruit League appearances, and five of those hits (two doubles, three homers) have gone for extra bases. The 26-year-old might see his power decline in the move from Yankee Stadium to Citi Field after he slugged a career-high 41 homers in 2024, but Soto has never posted an OBP below .400 in his career and has finished a season with an OPS lower than .900 only once.

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• Mets' Juan Soto: Belts solo homer in first Mets AB

  23D ago • By RotoWire

  Soto went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and an additional RBI during Saturday's Grapefruit League opener against the Astros. The biggest offseason acquisition in franchise history, Soto wasted no time showing Mets fans a taste of what's to come by taking Colton Gordon deep in the first inning. Soto helped the Mets extend their lead in the second frame, grounding into a fielder's choice RBI before reaching home for his second run of the day. Soto was sandwiched in between Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso in the batting order, and Soto figures to bat second for the Mets in 2025 as he did with the Yankees for most of the 2024 regular season.

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• Mets' Juan Soto: Spring debut coming Saturday

  25D ago • By RotoWire

  Soto will be in the lineup for the Mets' Grapefruit League opener against the Astros on Saturday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports. Manager Carlos Mendoza will be writing a number of regulars onto the lineup card, including Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, but all eyes will be on the Mets' new $765 million superstar. Soto slashed .288/.419/.569 over 157 games for the Yankees in 2024 with a career-high 41 homers, and while the switch in home ballparks could hurt his power numbers a bit, the 26-year-old should remain one of baseball's preeminent offensive threats.

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• Mets' Juan Soto: Signs record-setting deal with Mets

  12/09/2024 • By RotoWire

  Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets on Sunday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. Soto has officially landed his deal, staying in New York but switching teams to join the Mets on an MLB-record contract that includes a $75 million signing bonus and an opt-out after five years. The outfielder cashed in after batting .288 with 41 home runs, 109 RBI, 128 runs scored and seven stolen bases over 157 regular-season games with the Yankees in 2024, his only season in the Bronx. The 26-year-old will now join a lineup with fellow superstar Francisco Lindor, and Soto will likely operate alongside Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte in the outfield in 2025.

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• Juan Soto: Formally declines qualifying offer

  11/19/2024 • By RotoWire

  Soto declined the Yankees' one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer Tuesday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. It was a formality that Soto would decline it, of course, but by extending it the Yankees will now net a draft pick in the event they are unable to re-sign the superstar. Soto has already had free-agent meetings with the Blue Jays, Red Sox, Yankees and Mets and will meet with the Dodgers on Tuesday.

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