The Mets’ Juan Soto celebration on Thursday went past Citi Area.
Proprietor Steve Cohen took the 26-year-old and his household out for steaks at Benjamin Prime in Manhattan after unveiling his new $765 million outfielder, in keeping with TMZ Sports activities.
After getting began with a mozzarella and tomato salad, Soto went for the ribeye cooked “medium-plus,” per the report.
The roughly three-hour meal was capped with a themed cake and included a champagne toast.
The 2 sides are having fun with the honeymoon part after Soto selected the Mets’ 15-year contract in free company over a return to the Yankees, who supplied a 16-year, $760 million contract with a $60 million signing bonus; he acquired a $75 million signing bonus with the Mets.
Soto additionally received a Citi Area suite for his household included within the deal, one thing he would’ve needed to pay for with the Yankees, who’ve set that precedent with Derek Jeter and Aaron Decide.
The Crimson Sox, Blue Jays and Dodgers additionally pursued Soto in free company.
“I feel like they did everything they had in their power to help me out, to bring me back,” Soto mentioned of the Yankees on Thursday in Flushing as he wore his No. 22 Mets jersey for the primary time. “But I had four other teams doing the same thing and trying to make me feel comfortable. At the end of the day, we looked at everything and we looked at what other teams wanted to do for the next 15 years, and I think we have the best chance to do it here.”
The Yankees acquired Soto from the Padres final offseason forward of his stroll 12 months, and he hit a career-high 41 house runs batting forward of Decide within the lineup, together with a .288 common, .989 OPS, 109 RBIs and 128 runs.
Soto then hit .327 with a 1.101 OPS, 4 homers and 9 RBIs in 14 playoff video games because the Yankees fell to the Dodgers within the World Sequence.
