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“You cannot be selfish. You have to think about the guys who come in behind you,” Soto said. “That’s what Judge did (in opting to test free agency). He made a great deal. Corey Seager, Ohtani, all these guys are setting the market for the guys after them. And if I were to take anything down there (with what the Nats offered) it would make it different, tougher for guys coming up.”“Setting the market” is popular agent-speak, and Soto is represented by Scott Boras, one of the game’s most powerful –and controversial– agents. There is a faction of executives who believe Boras wields perhaps too much influence over Soto, that believe he has significant input on, for example, where Soto should hit in the batting order and what Soto should say to the media.Said a San Diego source: “He’s been fully Boras-ized.”
https://theathletic.com/5383787/2024/04/03/juan-soto-yankees-padres-contract/The part that stands out:
It does stand out. Odds of being a Met may seem to be rising. Also, the supposed necessity of being a catalyst for setting the market may seem tenuous at best given the uniqueness of age and skill set. It’s kind of like Ohtani who seemed to be an outlier that didn’t reset this year’s market as much as seeming to fill a unique niche.
Heading up to NYC tomorrow and have tix for tomorrow’s Yankees-Marlins game. Looking forward to seeing Soto again, even in his ugly new uni.
He will be a Yankee.
and retire as a Yankee with a NY cap in Cooperstown.
Saw him in Yankee Stadium Wednesday night. He received his Silver Slugger award in a pre-game ceremony. Kind of tough seeing him in pinstripes. The Yankee fans definitely appreciate him. There were loud cheers and applause every time he came up to bat. He’s made an impact on that fan base already.
No way this guys ever getting out of New York.
Told you all that he was going to thrive in NYC and then get a big time contract.
Juan Soto strikes out looking on a seven-pitch at bat with every pitch outside the zone:https://x.com/SamLuckiniESM/status/1782932971701301511
I only counted six pitches.
used to be with Wade Boggs that umps knew he saw the strike zone better than them, that he never chased a ball even if it was just out of the strike zone, and that he would not cheat, so anything he didn't swing at, they called a ball.
That's our own Eddie Yost. (Fourteen years as a player, then came back to coach the expansion team for Gil Hodges) If a pitch was close but Yost did not swing, it was a ball. Led the AL in walks six times. Lifetime 1600 walks to 900 strikeouts.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yosted01.shtml
