After being grilled about turning down a $440 million contract, Soto won the Home Run Derby. All in a day’s work.
LOS ANGELES — It takes remarkable self-assurance to turn down $440 million. No baseball player has ever earned that much in a single contract. Most of us would eagerly sign.
But most of us are not major leaguers, and even within that tight community, there is only one Juan Soto.