Yankees announcer rips Mets' Juan Soto over 'tone-deaf' feedback

Soto signed a 15-year, $765M contract that may reportedly exceed $800M complete to hitch the Mets this previous offseason, and seemingly was having some enjoyable whereas talking in regards to the All-Star Recreation snub. However, New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay thinks Soto ought to’ve dealt with questions on his All-Star Recreation standing in a different way. 

“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’re making a smidge below $47M this season. And you might be upset that you simply aren’t making the All-Star Recreation due to an All-Star bonus you might have in your contract? Are you aware how unhealthy that appears that you simply mentioned that? Even when you thought it, fantastic. What sort of expenditures do you might have? I don’t even know what the bonus is.” 

In keeping with Abbey Mastracco of the New York Every day Information, Soto would’ve earned a $100,000 bonus if he made the All-Star Recreation roster. Soto added whereas talking with reporters that he realizes “there’s a whole lot 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 because the finish of Might. In keeping 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 by way of 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 coated Soto final season because the slugger helped the Yankees attain the 2024 World Collection. That was earlier than Soto accepted the higher monetary supply 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 is no such thing as a means that he mentioned that. There is no such thing as a means that somebody I do know, that could be a good 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 extra “enjoyable” with the Mets heading into the All-Star break.