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Mets, Juan Soto smash MLB contract record a year after Ohtani. When will it end?

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Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed to a staggering 15-year , $765 million contract Sunday night .

Soto is the highest-paid athlete in sports history.

Bryce Harper and Manny Machado were the first players to hit free agency at 26 years old since Alex Rodriguez in 2000 .

The next player to sign a deal of more than $200 million back then was... A-Rod.

Jackson Chourio made his major league debut just 18 days after his 20th birthday this year .

He showed all the signs of being a five -tool superstar for the Milwaukee Brewers yet has already signed an eight-year , $82 million deal that could bind him to Milwaukee through 2033 .

Bobby Witt Jr. ? The transcendent Kansas City shortstop could have been a free agent at 27 but signed an 11-year deal.

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