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Juan Soto has spent a single season in New York’s fine stripes.
After having helped the Yankees to qualify for the World Series 2024, Soto changed the arrondissement of New York and signed a historical contract With the food.
The food opened a series of three games with the Yankees on Friday evening.
While the Yankees took an advance of 4-0, a large part of the attention was on Soto’s first At-Bat. The latest edition of the Subway series has marked Soto the first time at Yankee Stadium since he signed with the dishes.
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The New York JUAN SOTO Mets from the right field in the first round against New York Yankees at the Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY, May 16, 2025. (John Jones / Imagn Images)
Soto heard noisy hoots while heading for the striker in the first round on Friday evening. Many fans inside the stadium got up and have been Soto.
The 26 -year -old defensive player seemed to take the fans’ disapproval in the process, taking a moment to tip his helmet to the crowd.
Juan Soto de Mets is impatiently awaiting metro series against the old team, despite lovers of potential Yankees fans
Soto also seemed to say “thank you”.
He finally entered the shot box and pulled a walk. When he took the right field in the lower half of the sleeve, more hoots seemed to rain.
A fan has a panel during the first round of the Mets Juan Soto Voltiger against New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY, May 16, 2025. (John Jones / Imagn Images)
Before Friday’s match, Soto spoke of the possibility that the fans hooked him. But he does not seem to attenuating the excitement of the slugger at the idea of ​​returning to the Bronx.
“I don’t mind,” Soto said to athletics.
Before the start of the regular season of 2025, Soto admitted that he “waited for the worst” from the faithful of the Yankees when he visited the Yankee Stadium.
“You know the fans of the Yankees. They can surprise you with anything”, the quadruple MLB ALL-STAR said in March.
The New York Right Detal Defender, Juan Soto (22) strikes a double RBI against the Blue Jays in Toronto during the sixth round at the Citi Field. (Brad Penner / Imagn images)
The manager of the Yankees, Aaron Boone, took a cautious tone leading to the Friday match and advised fans to “not go too far”.
“It will be interesting. I’m sure there will be some creativity in it,” said Boone before the match. “I just want everyone to come and have a good time and not go too far.”
Soto rejected the Yankees in favor of an agreement of $ 765 million over 15 years with the dishes in December. The contract, which did not include deferred money, is the most lucrative contract in the history of professional sport.
Soto ended his only season with the Yankees with 41 circuits and an average of the stick of .288. The right defender has struck eight circuits in 43 games so far this season with the dishes.
