Juan Soto passed on Yankees’ $760M offer for Mets despite friends’ pleas | Klapisch

DALLAS — Before shocking the baseball world by agreeing to a $765 million deal with the Mets, Juan Soto heard from close friends urging him to stick with the Yankees.
The campaign to keep Soto from defecting lasted through the weekend — even until the final hours when Mets owner Steve Cohen raised his offer to $51 million a year for 15 years.