The long-term contract example teams hope Juan Soto can follow
Of course, interested teams have to fret about the implications of partnering with Soto well past his prime, but at super-prime dollars. The five largest contracts in MLB history take Manny Machado through his age-40 season, Mookie Betts and Aaron Judge through 39 and Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout through 38.