Soto signed a 15-year, $765M contract that could reportedly exceed $800M complete to hitch the Mets this previous offseason, and seemingly was having some enjoyable whereas talking concerning the All-Star Sport snub. However, New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay thinks Soto ought to’ve dealt with questions on his All-Star Sport standing otherwise.
“Discuss being tone deaf,” Kay mentioned throughout Wednesday’s version of “The Michael Kay Present,” per Terrible Saying’s Reice Shipley. “Come on, Juan. The final I seemed, you make a smidge below $47M this season. And you might be upset that you just aren’t making the All-Star Sport due to an All-Star bonus you have got in your contract? Have you learnt how unhealthy that appears that you just mentioned that? Even for those who thought it, high quality. What sort of expenditures do you have got? I don’t even know what the bonus is.”
In accordance with Abbey Mastracco of the New York Every day Information, Soto would’ve earned a $100,000 bonus if he made the All-Star Sport roster. Soto added whereas talking with reporters that he realizes “there’s a number of gamers on the market which have nice numbers and need to be” a part of the NL squad.
After a tough begin to the marketing campaign, Soto has produced All-Star-caliber numbers for the reason that finish of Might. In accordance with Baseball Reference, he slashed .336/.473/.697 with a 1.171 OPS, 13 dwelling runs and 26 RBI over 35 video games performed from Might 31 via July 8. For the season, his batting line was .269/.399/.509/.908 with 21 homers and 52 RBI heading into Thursday’s MLB motion.
Kay lined Soto final season because the slugger helped the Yankees attain the 2024 World Sequence. That was earlier than Soto accepted the better financial offer and left the Yankees for the Mets this previous December.
“I believed that it was some [artificial intelligence] nonsense,” Kay added about Soto’s remark. “I mentioned, ‘There isn’t a approach that he mentioned that. There isn’t a approach that somebody I do know, that may be a sensible dude and is represented by one of many smartest individuals I’ve ever met within the enterprise, (agent) Scott Boras, would ever say one thing like that.'”
Kay generated headlines earlier this season when he reported that Soto was “very, very glum round” the Mets’ clubhouse amid his spring struggles on the plate. One wonders if Soto will reply to Kay’s newest rant now that the big-money star is having more “fun” with the Mets heading into the All-Star break.
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