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Story summary
- Juan Soto rejected MLB's 2027 salary cap of $245.3 million, calling it “not right.”
- The 2027 plan also establishes a $171.2 million salary floor and a 50-50 league-revenue split.
- Soto’s $57.5 million contract would equal 23.4 percent of the cap and 16 percent of the Mets’ $368 million payroll.
- Mets pitcher David Peterson backed Soto, arguing that larger rosters make caps harder than basketball.
