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Thank you Steve! Best memes, tweets as Mets fans react to Juan Soto signing

There's a fine line between bold and insane. The New York Mets found the sweet spot to land Juan Soto.
Alicia de Artola
Alicia de Artola

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Oct 19, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) celebrates after making the final out to beat the Cleveland Guardians during game five of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images / David Dermer-Imagn Images

Steve Cohen is the most popular and hated man in New York City on Sunday night after the New York Mets outlasted the New York Yankees in the Juan Soto sweepstakes.

On the eve of Winter Meetings, Soto agreed to sign with the Mets for a reported 15 years, $765 million. Reports had indicated Cohen was willing to go as high as $800 million to outbid the Yankees. He didn't need to go there, but the threat of his deep pockets may have been the thing to put an end to this saga.

Mets fans were ecstatic about the signing, the biggest one in MLB history. And they let Cohen know it on social media.

Best memes and tweets after Mets sign Juan Soto

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It wasn't certain that Soto would surpass Shohei Ohtani's $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. With as many as five teams driving up the price, he blew that record deal out of the water.

It speaks to how coveted Soto's bat is that multiple teams, including the Mets, Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays were willing to cross the $700 million threshold in hopes of signing the biggest free agent of the year. Still, Cohen was also going to be the biggest financial giant in the mix and he showed it.

Soto is a rare free agency prize. He's just 26 years old with a World Series, a battling title, four All-Stars and five Silver Sluggers to his name.

Alicia de Artola

Alicia de Artola

Alicia de Artola is an editor at FanSided.com, covering college football and basketball, NFL, MLB, NBA, English Premier League, Formula 1 and much more. She has more than a decade of experience in sports, and co-hosts Reign of Troy Radio, the popular USC football podcast. She’s covered games and practices, taken photos on the sidelines and interviewed Trojans legends as a USC beat writer from 2016 to 2019. Since 2020, she has taken a broader national focus, writing about every sport under the sun, including major events from the College Football Playoff and Super Bowl to the World Series and NBA Finals. A member of the Football Writers Association of America and Association for Women in Sports Media, de Artola joined FanSided in 2012 and has since been inducted into the FanSided Hall of Fame. She lives with her husband and border collie in Los Angeles.