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Originally Posted by Jay Wolt
But Soto will be 42 when the contract ends
so will he still be that productive in his 40's to justify $55 million a year?
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He will be 40 during the final season. He turned 26 about a month ago, so he will be 26 for all of the first season.
As for the deal being good in 2039, that's not what I was trying to get at. I meant that by the end it won't look like such a crazy deal in comparison to 2039 free agent costs.
Albert Pujols signed with the Angels 12 years ago for ten years, $240M. If Pujols was in the same exact spot in his career/age looking for a ten year deal today, it would be about $500M, yet when he signed back in 2012, it seemed like a lot of money. Add another three years distance for the Soto comparison. Who knows what his 15-year deal would look like during the 2039-40 off-season if he was in the same spot.
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