There’s no sick will between Juan Soto and the Yankees.
The star outfielder, who left The Bronx for Queens on a historic 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets, mentioned reviews of his household being mistreated by the Yankees had been false.
“My household was handled very nicely by the group,” Soto mentioned in a Spanish language interview with “Grandes en los Deportes” on Friday, including that the Yankees’ workers is “great.”
“They had been at all times there to assist me and my household at each second.”
The Submit beforehand reported Soto had been upset by an incident through the 2024 season through which a Yankees safety guard blocked a member of the family of Soto’s and his chef/driver from sure areas of the ballpark.
The report additionally mentioned the incident was rapidly put behind the 2 sides, although the Mets throwing a complimentary suite into their provide to the slugger — and the Yankees not wanting to interrupt franchise coverage to match — performed at the least a minor function within the Amazin’s landmark free company win.
Soto additionally revealed that he requested Mets proprietor Steve Cohen if he might play 10 video games of Winter League ball in some unspecified time in the future — as a delegated hitter — and obtained the go-ahead.
With the Dominican Winter League already in its closing week of play, Soto must wait till he has at the least his first season with the Mets underneath his belt.
He’s becoming a member of a franchise that exceeded expectations in 2024, making it to the NLCS earlier than falling to the eventual World Collection champion Dodgers, and he’s anticipated to be an enormous a part of what the franchise hopes is larger and higher — for years to return.
“The Mets is a good group and what they’ve finished up to now couple — exhibiting the flexibility to develop a workforce, develop a dynasty — is among the an important issues,” Soto mentioned throughout his introductory press convention on Dec. 12. “What you had been seeing from the opposite aspect was unbelievable. The long run that this workforce has rather a lot to do with my choice.”
How Cohen, president of baseball operations David Stearns and others handled him through the recruitment course of helped get him on board.
“They present me plenty of love from the standpoint of what they’ve for me and the way they will attempt to make it snug to me,” Soto mentioned. “That’s one of many issues that impress me extra, how they will deal with the individuals round me and my household and stuff like that.
