On Sunday morning, sometime between 9:30 and 10 a.m., New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman submitted the organization\'s final contract offer for Juan Soto. It would\'ve been, by far, the richest deal in North American professional sports history.
He soon found out it wasn\'t enough. That night, Scott Boras, Soto\'s agent, called to tell him his client had agreed to sign with the New York Mets.
Cashman then hopped on a conference call with Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and president Randy Levine to break the news that Soto had decided to turn down the Yankees\' 16-year, $760 million offer for a slightly richer deal in Queens.
\"Hal Steinbrenner really stepped up to find a way to retain Juan Soto, and I\'m certainly proud of his efforts,\" Cashman said Monday. \"Certainly went well beyond what I would have expected.\"
Via ESPN.com