Juan Soto’s arrival as a Met, the highest-paid player ever, and with a contract 15 times longer, wasn’t a surprise to those around Steve Cohen — but it was to the owner himself.

Steve Cohen handed out the biggest contract in sports history this winter, and now the New York Mets owner is explaining why.In December, Cohen and the Mets won the free agency bidding war for Juan Soto.

When Steve Cohen fully purchased the New York Mets in October 2020, he had a long-term vision of success as the owner. Many Mets fans had complained that the Wilpon family never spent enough in free agency or made big moves.

Juan Soto homered for the first time this season and Tylor Megill tossed five solid innings in the Mets' 3-1 win over Astros Clues emerge about how Carlos Mendoza will manage Mets’ early-season roster Megill and Edwin Diaz were "attacking" the Astros in New York's fine pitching display Mets Notes: When Jose Siri could start,

With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty. After signing the biggest contract in baseball history last offseason, the slugger came to bat with two runners aboard and the Mets down by two in Thursday.

Manager Carlos Mendoza mentioned before Game 1 of a possible 2,430 games to come for Juan Soto as a Met that Soto is human, too.

Baty,” Soto told reporters after the Mets’ 3-1 win at Daikin Park. “They said he feels pretty comfortable with the cutter up and in. So I was kind of aware of that pitch.” Soto took the first pitch, a change-up thrown low and outside,

With two out and no one on in the third, Juan Soto drove a 1-and-2 cutter  off the facing of the second deck in rightfield to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.

Juan Soto hit his first homer with the New York Mets, helping his new team beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night. With two out in the third inning, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch from Hunter Brown deep to right for a solo shot that lifted New York to a 3-0 lead.