Shohei Ohtani's 10-year, $700 million contract shattered every conception of how large a baseball contract can be. And then, one year later, Juan Soto surpassed it in every conceivable way.
It is 15 years, $765 million for the New York Mets' newest slugger. Unlike Ohtani's, the deal contains no deferred money. Unlike Ohtani's, the deal contains escalators that could push the total value into the $800 million range. Unlike Ohtani's, the deal has an opt-out, which the Mets can void by kicking in another $40 million.
Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, got everything they could have wanted, and the result is the largest contract in the history of sports.