Soto Gets Record $31 Million, 1-year Deal With Yankees. Guerrero Asks for $19.9M From Blue Jays

San Diego Padres' Juan Soto follows the flight of his two-run home run against Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland in the third inning of a baseball game in Denver on Aug. 2, 2023. David Zalubowski/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Juan Soto and the New York Yankees agreed Thursday to a $31 million, one-year contract that broke Shohei Ohtani’s record for an arbitration-eligible player.

Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. filed for $19.9 million, the high among 23 players who exchanged figures with their teams among 194 eligible for arbitration at the start of the day.