That's an awful lot of money to pay to be just good enough to lose a World Series.

"They didn't make it to the World Series, pal."

But Soto did with the Yankees, dumbass. They lost, just in case you weren't paying attention.

Soto won in 2019 with a team that had three strong starters that kept their ERAs under 4. The Yankees tried to play a stupid model-- one really good starter and a bunch of pitching fools. Gerrit Cole held up his end of the bargain but the other guys had an ERA over 10.

The Mets aren't winning a World Series with Soto because they are pursuing the same stupid model as the Yankees. They might lose one, though. Maybe 2. The might be good enough for that. Shohei Ohtani gets paid 700mil for a 50/50 season, an MVP, maybe even a CY Young, and let's not forget- the entire Japanese market buying Dodgers gear for the next dozen years.

Soto on the other hand will get paid $765 million to finish runner up in MVP voting to Ohtani, hit .300, drive 35 HR, 120 RBI (150 BBs cuz he'll get pitched around- a lot), be a liability in the outfield, and perhaps, if he ever gets a more complete team around him, lose to Ohtani in the NLCS. The Mets also might sell a few more jerseys to low income Dominicans.