$1M per homer? $27,000 a point? Sports is loaded with money oddities
MLB, Sports
December 10, 2024

$1M per homer? $27,000 a point? Sports is loaded with money oddities

By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer 

These were Juan Soto’s numbers in 2024: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, a .288 batting average. Keep doing that over the next 15 years, and he’ll be making roughly $1.2 million for every home run. Or $467,890 for every RBI. Or $307,229 for every hit.

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