Group 1 Man, 'Kim Ha-sung's best friend' and SD-era feud re-examined... Will it be okay with 490 billion shortstop
Group 1 Man, 'Kim Ha-sung's best friend' and SD-era feud re-examined... Will it be okay with 490 billion shortstop
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Juan Soto (26, New York Mets), who won the highest contract in the history of professional sports, has been highlighted again during his time with the San Diego Padres.
Sports Illustrated (SI), a U.S. media outlet, said on the 15th (Korea time), "Soto had a conflict with Manny Machado (32) when he was in San Diego. Many fans thought that Soto had a good time in San Diego, but there were difficulties."
Soto, who became an FA after the 2024 season, made headlines by signing a 15-year, $765 million (about 1.1 trillion won) contract with the New York Mets on the 12th. This is far above the 10-year, $700 million (about 1.53 trillion won) signed by Shohei Ohtani (30) with the Los Angeles Dodgers last year, the highest contract in professional sports history.
Soto's contract has been a pressing matter of interest since the end of this year's World Series. Within two weeks after the FA market opened, all teams that showed interest reportedly offered more than 600 million U.S. dollars. The target was five teams, namely the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It was said that it exceeded 700 million U.S. dollars last week, and some analysts say that the Yankees, their original team, is the most promising among the five teams. Soto also showed good chemistry with Aaron Judge to the Yankees this year, and considered that there was no reason to leave because the prestigious team with the most wins in the World Series guaranteed an ultra-high-priced contract. In fact, after the contract with the Mets was announced, the Yankees reportedly offered Soto 760 million dollars for 16 years through MLB.com , the official website of the Major League, confirming that this was based on fact.
However, Soto's choice was the Mets, who only increased the total amount of 5 million U.S. dollars. In terms of annual average, the Yankees had a gap of 47.5 million dollars and the Mets had 51 million dollars, but attention was paid to the background of the decision to take on a new challenge. 메이저놀이터
Rumors of discord during his time with San Diego were one of them. It was not first reported that Soto had a feud with Machado during his time with the San Diego Padres. Kevin Ash of the San Diego Union-Tribune said last year, "I think the issue between Soto and Machado is a lack of communication. According to several veterans who have played for other teams as well as the San Diego Padres, there may be players who feel pressured because the best player on the team tends to do what he wants." Last month, Soto admitted that his relationship with Machado was difficult in San Diego, but everything went smoothly with Judge, and ESPN also recently highlighted this issue.
Machado is a superstar who hit 342 home runs in his career and is also famous as a best friend of Kim Ha-sung (29) to Korean baseball fans. When Kim Ha-sung hit a home run and came into the dugout, he even hung a large necklace called "Swag Chain" that he made himself. However, he sometimes had conflicts with other players due to the way he played, and it seems that he did not match Soto much.
The U.S. media keeps mentioning Soto's relationship with superstars because the Mets have an outstanding face named Francisco Lindor (31). Lindor is also a big shortstop who hit a total of 248 home runs in the Major League and signed a 10-year, 341 million-dollar contract with the Mets, so he should be with Soto until 2031.
"He has been with many superstars for the past seven years. When he was a rookie in Washington, he was with Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies) and most recently shared a clubhouse with Judge. He will now play with Lindor of the National League MVP in Queens (based in the Mets)," the SI said. "They will build a team to help the Mets win the World Series for the first time since 1986. Soto hopes to build a stronger bond in Queens."