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It's May. Come on.
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Exactly. Imagine what he's going to be like when it's September and he's tired.
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People never tire of saying stupid things based on small samples.
Last May Lindor was the worst contract in baseball history. Now this May it's Soto. Next year it will be some other guy. Probably Pete. Keeps sports radio going all day and all night. Last edited by Snapolit1; 05-21-2025 at 02:31 PM. |
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Same guy who says this about Soto would have been calling Judge a bum for hitting 207 over March and April last year.
If anyone needs a reminder, Judge went on to win MVP. |
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Lindor was never accused of dogging it, as far as I remember. He was accused of sucking relative to his contract value, but that's different.
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In 46 games in 2020 Shohei hit .190. Obviously he was DOA.
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I would love to be proven wrong and see the Mets go on to win the World Series this year. And see Soto evolve into the second coming of Keith Hernandez in terms of fan base love.
But I think Soto is a bad attitude guy. Lindor, Judge and Ohtani have all gone through rough stretches, but they are all good attitude guys. To be honest, it should have been a giant red flag for the Mets when Soto showed that he was willing to leave the Yankees -- where he seemed to have been loved by everyone and fit in well and made the WS -- for an extra 0.65% and a luxury box for his family. |
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C'mon this is just silly!
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I say this is a bereaved Yankees fan:
I wouldn't give up on Soto so soon. He's a generational talent. His attitude may not be perfect but remember that he's still just 26; he has time to mature. There's cause for concern but this is not a doomsday Soto scenario. This doesn't address attitude concerns, but I think Soto's been unlucky thus far this season. If you go on Baseball Savant and look at Soto's Statcast numbers, he has an expected batting average of .309 and expected slugging percentage of .595. With his walks, that gives him an expected weighted on-base percentage of .433, which is elite. If he keeps on hitting the ball like that his stats will fall in line.
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You cut off the last part of my quote. The part about the reason for his leaving was an extra 0.65 percent and a luxury box for his family.
I can see leaving your job for 0.65 percent more and, say, a partial education stipend for your kids, if you are making $30,000 a year and trying to feed a family while living hand to mouth. But not when it is 0.65 percent on $760 million (plus whatever it costs for a luxury box). |
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He saving his energy not running out doubles...
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I’m still pissed Soto didn’t stay with the Yankees, but he will be ok. Months from now, this threat will be forgotten ⚾️
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Wish the Yankees could have kept him, but Cohen appealed to Soto's ego better then Hal did...who didn't seem to want to be bothered beyond throwing out the contract at Soto part.
I don't begrudge Soto for leaving. He spent 1 year with the Yankees, and had been used as essentially a bargaining chip multiple times in his young career already. Not sure why he owed them any loyalty. He was a rental from the get go, and he got them to the World Series, just like they were hoping. ....and then it was the rest of the team who bungled it from there. Soto carried them as far as he could in the Playoffs to. Wish we had Michael King back, but another upside of that trade is that throw in, Trent Grisham, is now having a bit of a breakout season. Don't know how long it will last (again, it's only May), but if we also get a couple serviceable years out of him, it will make the pitching prospects we gave up for Soto, hurt a lot less.
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Until proven otherwise, Juan Soto is a generational talent. It might be proven otherwise -- it's baseball and anything can happen to a young player -- but 7 weeks don't mean a thing.
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I think everyone has to discount Soto's year on the Yankees too. Hitting in front of Judge is going to make a lot of guys look good. It will be tough for anyone to replicate the same numbers while not hitting in front of Judge. Alonso really isn't in the same class.
Last edited by packs; 05-22-2025 at 01:11 PM. |
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