Friday evening, Juan Soto returned to the Yankee Stadium for the first time as a member of the dishes. Soto left the Yankees, which he helped reach the World Series last year, for the food and a record contract of $ 765 million to the free agent during the offseason. The Yankees, however, won the first match in the Subway 2025 series by a 6-2 final (box score).
How would Soto be received by the crowd of the Yankee stadium? Listen to yourself:
No lost love, I would say. Soto, after recognizing the crowd, would work a 3-0 count against the left-hander of the Yankees, Carlos Rodón, before finally pulling a five-step step. Overall, Soto would go 0 for 2 with three goals on balls, a stolen base and a marked race. He made the final of the evening.
When it was time to play in the right field, some of the fans of the stands turned their backs on Soto:
Soto had an incredible season for Yankees last year, and was an important contributor during their after-season race, but he rejected their offer of $ 760 million and signed elsewhere, and that will not bring you back. Not when you were a year -old Yankee rather than someone who spent years with the team, I guess.
“It will be 50,000 against 1. They will try to get me up, you know. This is one of them,” Soto said about his return to Yankee Stadium earlier this week. “Whatever they do, they have the right to do it … it’s going to be good. We’re going to have a good time.”
Soto, 26, entered the Subway series with a shot line .255 / .380 / .465 and eight circuits. It is the best career production for most players, but it represents a year of decline for Soto, which struck .288 / .419 / .569 with 41 circuits with the Yankees last season. This earned him third place in the vote of the MVP of Al.
The Yankees pivoted Max Fried, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and others shortly after Soto signed with the food. Fried, which will start the final of the Subway series on Sunday, was one of the best baseball launchers this year. Goldschmidt also has a season of resurgence.
The dishes and the Yankees were in first place at the start of the Subway series. The dishes are now 28-17 years old and the Yankees have a 26-18 sheet.
