It was already enough that ESPN's Jeff Passan wrote the most flowery column of any MLB team when he praised the New York Mets following th

Juan Soto, the biggest baseball free agent since Shohei Ohtani last year, agreed to a staggering 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets on Sunday. The Mets outbid the New York Yankees and a number of other teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the biggest prize of the offseason.

This was a significant decision by Soto that was otherwise unfathomable just a few short years ago as the slugger signed the largest contract in the history of professional sports. But while the Mets offered $765 million guaranteed, the Yankees also reportedly offered $760 million.