Every little thing could also be copacetic between Juan Soto and the Yankees, however followers appear to be one other story.
The $765 million Mets man, who moved to Queens this season after one season in The Bronx, acquired a preview of what could also be his Yankee Stadium reception Thursday evening.
Within the backside of the eighth inning of the Bombers’ 9-7 win over the visiting Diamondbacks, followers might be heard chanting, “F–k Juan Soto,” on the YES broadcast.
It’s unclear what at that second drew the ire of the group, or if the mantra simply grew from one vengeful fan.
The 26-year-old Dominican slugger will revisit his outdated stomping grounds when his Mets squad kicks off the primary Subway Sequence within the Bronx for a three-game set from Could 16-18.
“Yankees fans, they can surprise you with anything, so I am expecting the worst,” Soto mentioned after listening to it from Yankees followers when the groups squared off within the Grapefruit League finale on March 24.
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“I think it was a lot of cheers out there, so I take all of that and I was happy for my fans that cheer for their players and I go from there,” he added.
Soto mashed a career-best 41 homers to go along with 109 RBIs in 157 video games with the Yankees final season, slashing .288/.419/.569 whereas main the franchise to its first World Sequence look since 2009.
He didn’t stick round for a follow-up after some of the high-profile free company chases in baseball historical past ended up with him spurning the Yankees’ 16-year, $760 million supply for the Mets’ 15-year, $765 million model that’s laden with off-the-field perks, comparable to a household suite at Citi Discipline.
Soto enters his first sport at Citi on Friday with a .238 common, one house run and a double amongst his 5 hits on the season, with the Mets at 3-3.
The Yankees, in the meantime, on the power of their torpedo bat revolution, haven’t missed a beat with out Soto, going 4-2 whereas scoring an AL-best 53 runs and MLB-leading 22 homers.
