Inside Juan Soto landing the biggest contract in pro sports history from Steve Cohen’s Mets
Soto’s familiarity with the Yankees was perceived to be a significant hurdle, a Mets official said at the outset of their recruiting efforts. In this person’s view, Soto was either going to take the money of Mets owner Steve Cohen, or simply use the Mets to drive up the price ahead of his return to the Yankees.