By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Agent Scott Boras indicated Juan Soto may be seeking to top Shohei Ohtani’s record $700 million contract because he is three years younger than the Japanese two-way star was when he reached his deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boras gave a pun-filled, 48-minute assessment of the market at the general managers' meetings on Wednesday, calling Soto “the Mona Lisa of the museum.” Boras said only a handful of players have matched Soto’s accomplishments at age 26, mentioning Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Ted Williams, and boasted “he has literally 15 years more of his prime to offer.
” “You’re talking about a business opportunity where you can make literally billions of dollars by acquiring somebody,” Boras said. “You can really see that owners, general managers, that they’re kind of called upon to be championship magicians. .
.. It’s hard to do, to put together that magic of a championship run, but behind every great magician obviously is the magic Juan.
” Ohtani agreed to his 10-year contract late last year and helped lead the team to its second World Series title in five years . The deal contains $680 million in deferred money payable from 2034-43, reducing its average annual value for purposes of baseball’s luxury tax to approximately $46.08 million.
“I don’t think Ohtani has much to do with Juan Soto, at all,” Boras said. “It’s not something we discuss or consider. Juan Soto is — he’s i.
