New York Yankees fans were torn up after losing the Juan Soto free agency battle to the New York Mets. Now they're cracking up at how chaotic his first season in Queens has become.
After facing criticism for not hustling out of the box over the weekend against the Yankees, Soto did it again against the Red Sox on Monday. Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters he planned to talk to his player about it. When Soto himself was asked about it, he flat out denied failing to hustle at all.
Yankees fans are eating up the disconnect between Soto and his manager, along with his general struggles to make a big impact for the Mets so far. Taking two of three against the Mets over the weekend was fun. Watching it all unravel for Soto is even better.
No one is enjoying Juan Soto's Mets' drama more than Yankees fans
The moment Soto signed with the Mets, he became dead to Yankees fanbase. So it's no surprise that many got "sick pleasure" out of seeing things take a turn for the worse for him. The fact that Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt have not lacked for hustle helps.
I have to admit I get a sick pleasure watching what Soto has become with the Mets
— Bobby Milone (@BobbyMilone29) May 20, 2025
And how the Yankees were shit on for getting Bellinger and Goldy who are playing balls to the wall
Its what happens when you wear the pinstripes https://t.co/n2XdssAaSW
Other Yankees fans were a bit more measured going into the Subway Series, trying to keep an even keel despite their fan bias. Even those gave into the drama in the end.
I stayed away from the "Soto seems miserable in Queens" storylines at first because I didn't wanna be a Yankees fan just drumming stuff up, but man... hard to read these quotes and think things are going great over there https://t.co/SOKCzfbczh
— Max Mannis (@MaxMannis) May 20, 2025
Some Yankees fans got extra enjoyment from watching the Mets fanbase flail around trying to minimize the situation.
The funniest part of all of this is watching Mets fans pretend there’s no problem when it’s very obvious that there’s some type of disconnect between Soto and the Mets this year https://t.co/9H4j2AFX6C
— Earl Simmons (@YankeesFanEarl) May 20, 2025
Still more just got the popcorn out. With the Yankees not in action on Monday, what else did they have to do.
This movie getting better and better. https://t.co/0iikjByzwQ
— Yitzy (@yitziyiy) May 20, 2025
The play in question was in the sixth inning. Soto clearly thought he'd hit a home run, but the ball bounced off the Green Monster. Instead of making it to second, his delay getting out of the box resulted in a single.
Juan Soto singles off the Green Monster and then steals second base on the next pitch pic.twitter.com/BQoIQAkmlO
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 20, 2025
The Mets lost to the Red Sox 3-1 on Monday. Soto was 1-for-4.
The Yankees will begin their next series on Tuesday against the Rangers. They're looking to add to their streak of four straight series victories.