THE Mets made history on Sunday night (Monday in Manila) by reportedly signing superstar Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million pact—the largest deal ever in professional sports—leading odds makers to tab New York as a serious contender to go all the way next season.
Shortly after the Dodgers secured their second championship in five years by defeating the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series back in October, the books immediately installed Los Angeles as the favorite to win it all again in 2025.
While the Dodgers still have the shortest odds, there’s been some serious line movement for the Mets, who are now at +800 on both DraftKings and FanDuel. New York was at +1400 at DraftKings and +1200 over at FanDuel when the companies first started fielding futures bets for next year’s Fall Classic.
Once the owners of the second-best odds to raise the Commissioner’s Trophy at the end of next season (+700 at DraftKings, +750 at FanDuel), the Yankees dropped to +900 and +950, respectively, after watching Soto walk in free agency.
Soto, 26, joins the Mets after spending one season with the crosstown rival Yankees. The New York Post reported that the Yankees were willing to fork out $760 million over 16 years to bring back Soto, but the Mets ended up outbidding them.
Soto helped the Yankees reach the World Series in 2024 after hitting .288 with a career-high 41 home runs and 109 RBIs in 157 regular-season games.
In 936 career games across seven major league seasons with the Washington Nationals (2018-22), San Diego Padres (2022-23) and Yankees (2024), Soto has clubbed 201 homers, racked up 592 RBIs and is a .285 hitter.
