Soto's agent reportedly told teams his client would deliver $1.5 billion in 'surplus value' before securing Soto the largest contract in professional sports history.

After the meeting ended and Soto departed, Cohen told Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns that Soto was “going back to the Yankees.” But to his surprise, Cohen got a call from Soto’s agent Scott Boras the next morning that stunned the Mets owner.

On the night before Opening Day, many New York Mets fans across the world might have woken up after dreaming about seeing Juan Soto ... offer for Soto, [Soto's agent Scott] Boras did not need ...

Juan Soto’s debut with the New York Mets has seemingly the entire baseball world excited. “Yeah, put me in that category too,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Thursday. “I’m excited to watch him today and every day.

Juan Soto’s arrival as a Met, the highest-paid player ever, and with a contract 15 times longer, wasn’t a surprise to those around Steve Cohen — but it was to the owner himself.