{"id":10256,"date":"2024-12-13T02:55:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10256"},"modified":"2024-12-13T02:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:55:45","slug":"juan-soto-says-yankees-fans-still-have-a-spot-in-my-heart-despite-deal-with-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10256","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto Says Yankees Fans Still ‘Have a Spot in My Heart’ Despite Deal With Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Juan Soto during a press conference on Dec. 12, 2024. \/ Talkin’ Yanks \/ Twitter \/ Screenshot<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Superstar outfielder Juan Soto shocked the sports world on Sunday when news broke that he and the New York Mets had\u00a0agreed to the largest deal in professional sports history<\/a>. The free agent had been courted by teams for weeks\u2014the Yankees, his former home, included\u2014but ultimately, the Mets won out (and to the tune of $765 million, no less<\/a>). Soto has now officially ditched his pinstripes to move from the Bronx to Queens.<\/p>\n

Of course, the 26-year-old’s departure comes as positively brutal news to Yankees fans, who were understandably hoping to hold onto the slugger for longer. In his single year in the pinstripes, Soto notched a career-high of 41 home runs, as well as 109 RBIs.<\/p>\n

But while fans might be upset with him right now, Soto himself has no hard feelings toward his former supporters.<\/p>\n

“I want to say thank you,” Soto said Thursday, asked if he has a message for Yankees fans. “I actually just want to say thank you to them. They really showed me all the love and everything that they have last year. They were right there, day in, day out. They really have a spot in my heart at the end of the day. Tough that we couldn’t get it together and try to be back and stuff like that, but [I will] always appreciate what they did for me in 2024.”<\/p>\n

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