I thought it would be interesting to look at the enormous
contract baseball player Juan Soto just signed. Its a 15 year contract for $765
million dollars. He's 26 now so it goes through age 41. He probably won't be as
productive then, if he's even playing by that time. My little Mariners could
never afford anything like that, so we'll continue our streak of never making
it to the World Series (47 years), but that's another story. He's already made a measly ten million in baseball so far, but this will be a nice bit of insurance for his golden years.
I thought he might be similar to someone like Willie Mays. Turns out he is. I took their lifetime stats and did some multiplying to get to a typical 550 at-bat season. When Willie was in his late 30's and 40's, he wasn't nearly as good, but I left those in anyway.
Runs Soto - 110 Mays - 104
RBI's Soto - 99 Mays - 96
Home Runs Soto - 34 Mays - 33
Batting Average Soto - .285 Mays - .301
Stolen Bases Soto - 10 Mays - 15
Lifetime Salary Soto - $775 million Mays - $1.1 million
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