{"id":61740,"date":"2025-05-16T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=61740"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:14:29","slug":"mets-juan-soto-sends-strong-message-on-decision-to-leave-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=61740","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Juan Soto Sends Strong Message on Decision to Leave Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mets-Trade-Juan-Soto-Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mets-Trade-Juan-Soto-Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mets-Trade-Juan-Soto-Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mets-Trade-Juan-Soto-Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Mets' Juan Soto Sends Strong Message on Decision to Leave Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York Mets slugger Juan Soto is ready for a rough welcoming when he returns to the Bronx for this weekend\u2019s Subway Series, but isn\u2019t changing his thoughts on leaving the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>Soto helped the Yankees reach the World Series last season, but decided to ditch the team in free agency to join the Mets \u2014 with the help of a $765 million contract. As the teams prepare to meet for a highly anticipated series this weekend, Soto is revising his decision to leave the Yankees and said he\u2019s happy with his choice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Juan Soto: \u2018I Made a Decision, and I\u2019m Happy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Soto was asked whether he has any lingering regrets about leaving the Yankees. The All-Star outfielder said he\u2019s happy moving to Queens \u2014 especially with the Mets fielding a World Series-caliber squad, currently leading the NL East with a 28-16 record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no. I made a decision, and I\u2019m happy that I made it,\u201d Soto said. \u201cYou look around. We have an unbelievable team. And it\u2019s going to be a good team for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto has shaken off a bit of a slow start for the Mets, hitting eight home runs with a .255\/.380\/.465 slash line through the first month and a half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He heads into this weekend\u2019s series with some extended rest after Mets manager Carlos Mendoza decided to give him two straight days off. Mendoza said it wasn\u2019t easy convincing Soto to take a rest, but he ultimately gave in.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_hfe3vomw6\">\u201cIt\u2019s just an off day. Me trying to take advantage of an off day we have scheduled tomorrow,\u201d Mendoza said,\u00a0via SNY. \u201cHopefully give him a couple of days. It wasn\u2019t an easy conversation last night when I presented it to him, but I thought it was best to give him today.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Juan Soto Ready to Return to the Bronx<\/h2>\n<p>As the Mets prepare for the Subway Series, Soto was asked whether he\u2019s worried about the boos he\u2019s likely to hear in his return to the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t mind,\u201d he told reporters, via The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said the team looks to Soto as a steady presence, a player who doesn\u2019t get too high or too low. Stearns expects Soto to handle his return to the Bronx in the same manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just is the same guy regardless of what the moment is, and he\u2019s very consistent in his preparation,\u201d Stearns said. \u201cHe enjoys the moment. He also doesn\u2019t make more of it than it is, and he understands he\u2019s got to keep himself focused and centered. And I think he does a very good job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mets starter Clay Holmes, another player who left the Yankees, said he admires Soto for his ability to drown out distractions when he plays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis focus is going to be to put up good at-bats,\u201d Holmes said. \u201cHe\u2019s always able to lock it in in those big moments. It\u2019ll be fun to watch him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Dougherty is a sports reporter covering the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins. Previously he wrote for the Rochester Business Journal and served as the assistant editor of athletic trade magazines Coaching Management, Athletic Management and Training &amp; Conditioning. He is based out of Rochester, New York, and loves everything football. 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