Juan Soto is A New York Met

Yankee Fans Have Been Coping Hard

Every year there’s a major free agent that dominates the market. And for Mets fans, every offseason, we wonder what we are going to do to become (or remain) competitive. It’s never often that the two converge.

By now you’ve heard the news. Superstar Outfielder Juan Soto will take the subway from the Bronx to the Orange and Blue of Queens. And yes, at 15 Years/ $765 MILLION dollars, it’s a massive overpay. It’s even a bigger overpay if you think about the fact that unlike Shohei Ohtani Soto doesn’t pitch AND it includes a $75 million dollar signing bonus. SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION for signing your name. The most I ever got for a signing bonus was $50 bucks y’all. If you want to learn more about his contract details, I actually posted a video for the folks over at Mets Digest:

Mets fans are ecstatic. The long and short of it is that Soto is right in the prime of his career, a phenomenal offensive hitter and now that he’s a Met, he can’t be an opponent. There are some defensive questions, and more questions will be raised if the Mets DON’T win a championship, but ultimately it’s a net positive. I’m personally having to come around to it, however. You see, Soto is the one guy in baseball that rubs me the wrong way. I don’t have a logical reason. He’s done nothing wrong. I’m not a hater of his talent. But when he steps in the batter’s box, I turn my nose up like a senior member of a country club. And that Soto Shuffle gets so mad. Never seen the Soto Shuffle? Well…

He’s got ants in his pants!

Anyway, the Mets aren’t done this postseason and the future does look bright for the team. But I gotta watch this guy wiggle for the next decade and a half. Good grief!

Let’s Go Mets.