All along, the Mets’ offers ran only slightly ahead, and it’s possible only
relatively small things helped, too. The combination of perks that included a
signing bonus of $75M (the Yankees offered $60M), escalators that can take the
deal to $805 million, a no-trade clause, no deferrals (the Yankees also had
none), the fifth-year opt-out (at age 30), and a suite for the Soto family
probably helped push them over the finish line.
一直以來，大都會的報價都只是略微領先，而且可能只有相對較小的事情也有幫助。第五
年的福利組合包括 7500 萬美元的簽約獎金（洋基隊提供了 6000 萬美元）、可以將交易
提升至 8.05 億美元的自動合約、無交易條款、無延期（洋基隊也沒有）可以逃脫（ 30
歲時），而為索托家族準備的一套套房可能幫助他們衝過了終點線。
The Yankees shouldn’t be faulted for bidding a whopping $760M, but they
wouldn’t budge on the suite. The Yankees felt they couldn’t give a suite to
Soto when Judge pays for his suite, and even Derek Jeter paid. They were
willing to discount a suite but not alter their precedent.
洋基隊出價高達 7.6 億美元不應受到指責，但他們不會在套房上讓步。洋基隊覺得他們
不能給索託一套套房，因為賈奇支付了他的套房費用，甚至連德里克·傑特也付了錢。
他們願意對套房打折，但不能改變他們的前例。
By Jon Heyman
輸在房子嗎 XD