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Major League Baseball's trade market looks set to include a handful of All-Stars and a former MVP.

After years of elite production amid career instability, Juan Soto has found his permanent home – thanks to a stupendous and record-setting contract commitment from the New York Mets.

Bryce Harper and Juan Soto shared an outfield for one year, in 2018, before Harper fulfilled a destiny foresaw when he was just a teenager and signed the largest free-agent contract in baseball history.

Right? Right? Well, not so fast. The Mets got immeasurably better, and probably bought more than a decade worth of elite production in signing the 26-year-old superstar to the biggest contract in sports history.

Juan Soto is off the board but a stable of stars who will attract more than $1 billion in contracts remains.

Juan Soto agreed to the biggest contract in sports history to kick off Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings, but there should be plenty of hot stove action in the days to come at the annual event in Dallas.

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In the next eight months, so much will change in the run-up to Major League Baseball's 2025 draft. Yet one variable finally cemented: The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 pick.

The Washington Nationals won the MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Dallas and will have the first overall pick in the July 2025 draft. The Reds will pick ninth.