$1m per homer? $27,000 a point? $229 per second?
US professional sports loaded with money oddities


These were Juan Soto's numbers in 2024: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, a.288 batting average.
Keep doing that over the next 15 years, and he'll be making roughly $1.2 million for every home run. Or $467,890 for every RBI. Or $307,229 for every hit.
Pre-tax, of course.
Soto's $765 million, 15-year agreement with the New York Mets — the richest contract in terms of total value to a player in US major sports history, a massive move by billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen — provides a chance to look at the numbers in some very silly ways.
He'll make $314,815 per game. Based on his numbers this season, he'd get $671,053 for every extra-base hit. Or $46,322 every time he swings the bat no matter if he misses, hits a tapper back to the mound or has Mr Met celebrating in the stands after driving one out at Citi Field. Of course, that's assuming Soto remains as healthy and productive as he was in 2024. If he misses significant time, those rates just go up.
"Thank you Uncle Steve," Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo wrote on social media.
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