Juan Soto, who?
The Yankees’ social media department trolled the former Yankee slugger and the Mets in a video the Bronx Bombers posted online ahead of their American League Wild Card series against the Red Sox on Tuesday.
At one point in the roughly 2 ½ minute video, the voice-over – narrated by broadcaster Ryan Ruocco – uttered the phrase, “and sometimes change is exactly what is needed.”
As Ruocco says the line, a video of Soto as a Mets striking out plays before the video transitions to Cody Bellinger hitting a home run off a Mets pitcher Génesis Cabrera at Yankee Stadium during their series in May.
The Yankees acquired Bellinger in a trade with the Cubs on Dec. 17, 2024, days after the Mets had signed Soto to a massive 15-year, $765 million deal to lure him away from The Bronx.
The Mets had been crowned one of the favorites to make it to the World Series after Soto left, and his departure had spurred debates over whether New York was a Mets or Yankees town.
The Mets had their season come to an epically disappointing end on Sunday when they were eliminated from postseason contention with a loss to the Marlins, while the Yankees have the chance to play into October as a wild card.
Several users online took notice of the very poignant edit, with one person declaring, “cook admin.”
Another person wrote online, “Love the jab at Soto.”
“Bro, they cookin Soto still. F–king epic. Hope we win it all, so we can victory lap his punk ass. Nothing worse than a yankee scorn,” a third person opined online.
The Yankees will need to beat the Red Sox twice this week in order to keep their season going, but credit their social media team for getting an early W going into the wild-card series at Yankee Stadium.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
