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Juan Soto is a special player. But how special IS he and is he, or anybody for that matter, worth the amount of money being paid to have him play in a New York Mets uniform?
The experts say that he is a “generational” talent. And that tag is not handed out too often. Soto came up with the Washington Nationals organization. The same organization that produced Steven Strasburg and Bryce Harper. Two others whom were considered, at the time, “generational” players.
Just an aside…do the Nationals have the best scouting department or are they just lucky enough to draft these talented kids and then, in turn, unlucky enough to have to rid themselves of them because they just can’t, or won’t, pay them?
Moving on…is one player worth the monies Soto will be receiving? And for how long will he be worth that money?
New York Mets fans are clamoring for the signing of Juan Soto, the biggest bat available on the free agent market. And the fans have gotten their way before and it hasn’t always worked out so well. To wit, three of the biggest free agent hauls made by the Mets turned out to be the biggest targets of their scorn.
Let’s take a look at the three biggest mistakes the Mets made going after the biggest target on the free agent market.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
