{"id":5735,"date":"2024-11-29T03:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T03:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2024-11-29T03:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T03:44:12","slug":"breaking-ex-mets-pitcher-calls-on-yankees-star-to-step-up-juan-soto-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5735","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ex-Mets Pitcher Calls on Yankees’ Star to Step Up Juan Soto Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A prominent figure in the baseball community believes Aaron Judge should be doing more to ensure Juan Soto returns to the Bronx.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Aug 4, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto (22) celebrates his solo home run during the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays with left fielder Aaron Judge (99) at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images \/ Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On November 22,\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0slugger and 2024 AL MVP Aaron Judge asserted that he\u00a0has not spoken to Juan Soto since the Yankees’ season ended\u00a0and Soto became an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I haven’t talked to him at all,” Judge said of Soto,\u00a0per SNY. “I think the best thing is to really give those guys space. You know, I talked to him all season and he knows how we feel about him. And I think the most important thing is [to] now let him do his thing with his family, pray about it, talk with people, and come to the right decision for him and his family.<\/p>\n

“So yeah, I haven’t talked to him at all. I thought I’d talk to him maybe yesterday on the [MVP announcement] call… but he wasn’t there,” Judge concluded.<\/p>\n

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