Juan Soto and the Yankees reach a record deal and avoid salary arbitration

The Dominican earned the highest salary in history for an arbitration-eligible player, breaking the mark set by Shohei Ohtani.

Juan Soto and his new team, New York Yankees, have reached an agreement that will prevent the Dominican outfielder from going into salary arbitration in his final year of eligibility. As per the information made public so far, the salary of no Juan Soto That would be $31 million for the 2024 season, breaking the $30 million mark Shohei Ohtani

For the 2023 season, he hinted Jeff Passon No ESPN.

Since last year, Soto has been discussing the possibility of imposing a new mark of earned money to avoid salary arbitration, thanks to his career. MLB.

Soto, from which they came San Diego Padres Coming off a year in which he led, on a path of change big league 132 for the third time in his career in walks. He batted with a .275 average, an on-base percentage (OBP) of .410 and a slugging percentage (SLG) of .519, good for an OPS of .930. Additionally, he set personal bests in home runs with 35 and 109 runs batted in, while he had the second most hits of his career with 156.

Soto Came sixth in the voting for the award Most Valuable Athlete No National LeagueHe won the award Silver bat (third in a row) and was invited for his third Stars game In consecutive years.

There is news of an agreement between Yankees And Soto Extending a player’s contract after his current rookie contract is up is good news for the team’s aspirations. However, the player made it more than clear that any talks about a contract extension must go through the hands of his representative.

“They know where to call and who to talk to.” he said referring to the agent Scott Borus. “I’m just here to play baseball“Dominic said during a press conference for his presentation with the group.