Juan Soto and the New York Yankees came to terms on a record-setting, $31 million salary for the 2024 season, topping the list of dozens of arbitration-eligible players who agreed on their compensation ahead of Thursday's 8 p.m.
ET deadline. Soto's salary, reached minutes before the deadline for players and teams to exchange figures ahead of a potential arbitration hearing, topped the $30 million figure Shohei Ohtani agreed to last offseason.
Soto, like Ohtani last year, is heading into his final year before free agency. The second-highest figure belonged to New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, another pending free agent, who will be paid $20.5 million in 2024.
Milwaukee Brewers starter Corbin Burnes ($15.63 million), Atlanta Braves starter Max Fried ($15 million), Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres ($14.2 million), Cleveland Guardians starter Shane Bieber ($13.125 million) Brewers shortstop Willy Adames ($12.25 million), Houston Astros starter Framber Valdez ($12.1 million) and outfielder Kyle Tucker ($12 million), Baltimore Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander ($11.7 million) and Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker ($10.9 million) also reached eight figures.