In an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” on Monday, Ryan explained that he thinks Soto accepted the New York Mets' 15-year, $765 offer over the New York Yankees' 16-year, $760 offer late Sunday for one simple reason.

The ink on Juan Soto's record-setting 15-year contract with the New York Mets has dried, less than two months after a Yankees-Dodgers World Series set off a ratings bonanza. It's a good time for FS1's Colin Cowherd recently posited that MLB was about to enter a "Superteam era" that could be a blessing for the sport.

Alex Rodriguez left Seattle in December 2000 to sign the biggest free-agent deal in MLB history. The Mariners won 116 games the next season.