Juan Soto Slams Yankees in Revelation of Why He Chose Mets
The New York Yankees were on the losing end of a high-profile free agency battle this offseason as star slugger Juan Soto left the historic MLB franchise for the crosstown rival New York Mets.
During an interview with Sports Illustrated that published on Friday, March 21, Soto offered more insight than ever before on why he made the choice he did. Namely, Soto said he has more confidence in the Mets’ ability to remain competitive at the top of the sport over the long run than he does in the Yankees’ prospects of accomplishing the same goal.
“As you see how long this contract is going to be, it just came down to that decision, you know?” Soto said, per the New York Post. “What do they have in the farm system? How many times can we be good on this team? I know the Yankees are going to be good for the next five, six years. We don’t know after that.”
Soto said in the same interview that the Yankees were his top choice entering free agency, but that the questions about the New York organizations’ respective futures turned the tide.
