Brett Baty gets ultra-ritzy gift from new Mets teammate Juan Soto for relinquishing jersey number

Having to give up a playing number for an incoming superstar is a common occurrence in American sports and typically, the person taking the number finds a way to compensate the person who wore it before.

That was the case for the New York Mets after they signed slugger Juan Soto to the biggest contract in the history of professional sports.