The Dominican baseball player Juan José Soto Pacheco has won the affection of the fans of the New York Yankees and has indicated that he wants to stay with the franchise for a long time; demonstrating all his talent in each turn at bat and in his work on offense with the ‘Bronx Bombers’.
He has not yet managed to sign a contract that will bind him for many years with the ‘Manhattan Mules’ but it is estimated that it will set a great precedent, The Dominican has time against him as he will become a free agent at the end of the MLB season..
Soto Pacheco maintains an offensive line of .300/.432/.601 with 34 home runs, 24 doubles, 4 triples and 87 RBIs in 121 games he has appearedmaking him a pillar in the New York franchise’s attack.
The first projections of the specialists
A couple of months ago According to new projections made by ESPN (28 in total), after consulting with specialized personnel such as executives, agents and media experts, The contract that Soto Pacheco would sign would reach 600 million dollars: Specifically, three projections predict that figure, 14 years for $600 million, 12 years for $605 million, and 10 years for $655 million.
Aaron Judge. Then Shohei Ohtani. Now Juan Soto.
We’ve had free agent frenzies for elite hitters the last three winters.
How much will Soto get? Which teams will be bidding? 28 industry insiders gave me their guesses & I spoke with his agent Scott Boras. https://t.co/s2gL9Hwk3d
— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) June 11, 2024
Update on the figures for Juan Soto’s possible contract
Now the respected NY Post took on the task of surveying the opinion of different Major League Baseball Experts and most agreed that the Dominican gardener will reach a surprising figure that ranges from 426 million, which would be comparable to the contract obtained by Mike Trout, to 600 million, similar to that of Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The predictions are alien to the environment with Juan Soto’s representative: BorasCorp; and they are as follows.
- $540-550 million
- 14 years, $550 million
- 10 years, $550 million
- 12 years, $600 million
- 10 years, $500 million
- 12 years, $480 million
- 13 years, $520 million
- $450-500 million
- $500-550 million
- More than 550 million dollars
- 500 million dollars
- ‘Trout’s contract (12 years, $426.5 million)’
- ‘His current value is definitely higher than (Shohei) Ohtani’s $437.4 million’
- ‘A lot of cake’
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