Juan Soto has baseball’s biggest contract, three outfielders (including Soto) have new teams, and Cody Bellinger is still a Cub. Free agents, front offices, and fans alike are grateful that his early decision removes the stagnation from this year’s shopping season. Baseball’s newest salary king got $765 million over 15 years from the Mets, which is almost as much as Tom Ricketts paid for the Cubs 15 years ago. Tell me baseball doesn’t have a Bootleggars and Baptist economy, much to the chagrin of Jerry Reinsdorf, who remains emotionally tethered to those heady years of baseball’s reserve clause.
The Shortsightedness of Passing on Juan Soto
