Juan Soto’s arrival as a Met, the highest-paid player ever, and with a contract 15 times longer, wasn’t a surprise to those around Steve Cohen — but it was to the owner himself.

The Mets signed Soto away from the Yankees in December with a 15-year, $765 million contract. The Yankees responded with offseason moves of their own, but after losing ace Gerrit Cole for the season because of Tommy John surgery, their prospects have become murky. To Cone, all of it just makes for great theater.

Juan Soto shocked the world when he left the Yankees for the Mets in December, signing a 15-year, $765 million contract to become the richest player in the game.