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Article content DALLAS (AP) — Juan Soto gets free use of a luxury suite and up to four premium tickets behind home plate for regular-season and postseason New York Mets home games as part of his record $765 million, 15-year contract that was finalized Wednesday. Recommended Videos The Mets also agreed to provide personal team security for the All-Star outfielder and his family at the team’s expense for all spring training and regular-season home and road games, according to details of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press. Major League Baseball teams usually provide security for player families in seating areas at ballparks. New York also agreed to assist Soto’s family for in-season travel arrangements, guaranteed Soto will have uniform No. 22 and included eight types of award bonuses. Soto’s suite will be valued at the Mets’ prevailing prices, presumably for tax purposes, and after 2025 he can by each Jan. 15 modify or give up his suite selection for the upcoming season. He can request the premium tickets, to be used by family members, no later than 72 hours before the scheduled game time. The Yankees had refused to offer Soto a free suite. “Some high-end players that make a lot of money for us, if they want suites they buy them ... whether it’s CC (Sabathia), whether it’s (Aaron) Judge, whether it’s (Gerrit) Cole, whether it’s any of these guys,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “We’ve gone through a process on previous negotiations where asks might have happened and this is what we did and we’re going to honor those, so no regrets there.” Cashman said the Yankees have a shared suite for player families and a family room with babysitting. Soto gets a $75 million signing bonus, payable within 60 days of the agreement’s approval by the commissioner’s office. The deal for the 26-year-old, which tops Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers, was reached Sunday pending a physical that took place Tuesday. Soto receives salaries of $46,875,000 each in 2025 and 2026, $42.5 million in 2027, $46,875,000 apiece in 2028 and 2029 and $46 million in each of the final 10 seasons. Soto has a contingent right to opt out of the agreement within three days of the end of the 2029 World Series to become a free agent again, but the Mets have the an option to negate the opt-out provision by increasing the yearly salaries for 2030-39 by $4 million annually to $50 million and raising the total value to $805 million. If the club exercises its option to negate the opt-out provision, Soto can make his opt-out decision by the fifth day after the World Series. He has a full no-trade provision and gets a hotel suite on road trips. Soto would receive a $500,000 bonus for winning his first Most Valuable Player award and $1 million for each MVP award. He would get $350,000 for finishing second in the voting and $150,000 for finishing third through fifth. Soto was third in the AL voting this year. He would earn $100,000 for each All-Star selection and Gold Glove, $350,000 for World Series MVP and $150,000 for League Championship Series MVP. Soto would get $100,000 for selection to the All-MLB first or second team, $150,000 for Silver Slugger and $100,000 for the Hank Aaron Award. Award bonuses are to be paid by the Jan. 31 after the season in which the bonus is earned.Trane Technologies PLC stock falls Monday, underperforms market
Associated Press Lawyers for a voting machine company that’s suing Fox News want to question founder Rupert Murdoch about his contentious efforts to change his family trust , the attorneys told a court Monday. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Agartala: Veteran communist leader and former chief minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar , on Saturday accused the ruling BJP and its ally TIPRA Motha of fostering communal divisions along religious and ethnic lines. While BJP aims to create divisions between Hindus and Muslims, TIPRA Motha seeks to divide castes and tribes, he said. Addressing party workers, he said the 25 years of Left Front rule had brought religious harmony and ethnic peace after overcoming numerous challenges with the people's support. Instead of strengthening social order and peace, BJP has, from the beginning, promoted communal hatred and religious division, Sarkar said. "The state, which never faced communal conflicts between Hindus and Muslims, has witnessed a series of such incidents in the six years of BJP rule. The saffron brigades have interfered with food habits, dress, social functions, and customs, which is unfit for a secular democratic country," Sarkar added. He said during the first four years of BJP governance, Tripura experienced a difficult phase where common citizens, opposition party supporters, MLAs, and even former ministers faced physical assaults and attacks. The fundamental rights and personal liberties of citizens were in danger. Although the situation has improved, governance has deteriorated daily, and corruption has become rampant, he said. "People are being deprived of their basic rights and amenities while ministers enjoy cultural shows at public expense. There is no work and no income in rural areas. Health services and education are suffering badly," he added. Sarkar criticised the BJP govt, calling it a "den of corruption" where no work is done without bribes. "The BJP is in power at the Centre and in the state, but there is no work, no jobs. They are conspiring to destroy peace and harmony. They cannot be allowed to succeed," he added. In a counterattack, govt spokesperson and tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury said, during Sarkar's tenure, the tourism sector had been grossly neglected under the 20-year CPI(M) rule. "The tourism dept was practically defunct. Instead of promoting Tripura's potential, your govt prioritised ideological propaganda, featuring comrade artists singing leftist songs at political meetings. Fear of extremist violence during your tenure kept tourists away from destinations like Jampui, and Dumbur, Chowdhury added.