{"id":9247,"date":"2024-12-10T02:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2024-12-10T02:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:02:02","slug":"breaking-yankees-fan-burns-juan-soto-jersey-after-mets-betrayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9247","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees fan burns Juan Soto jersey after Mets betrayal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Not a great time for Yankees fans who hoped Juan Soto would stay in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Yankees-news-Fan-burns-Juan-Soto-jersey-after-Mets-betrayal.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"featured-image\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">New York Yankees\u00a0fans are in shambles following the news of\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0becoming, well, an ex-Yankee\u00a0after he signed a massive 15-year contract with the New York Mets worth $765 million contract, as reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans have that burning feeling inside them, as they grapple with the reality of losing in the Juan Soto\u00a0MLB free agency sweepstakes. Speaking of which, at least one fan had already lit up a Soto Yankees uniform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*Juan Soto is joining the New York Mets*<\/p>\n<p>Yankees fan burns his #22 uniform \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amper0627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amper0627<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ztBMn7meXx\">pic.twitter.com\/ztBMn7meXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1866142298964156467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Yankees beaten by the Mets in bidding war for Juan Soto<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3158572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3158572\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3158572\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg?resize=1024,574 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Juan-Soto-celebrates-a-home-run.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers during game two of the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3158572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is only so much a Yankees fan can do to cope with this latest Soto development. No amount of burnt textile can bring Soto back to the Bronx, as the 26-year-old Dominican superstar now starts a new chapter in his baseball career. The\u00a0Yankees were said to be very much in the Juan Soto sweepstakes, as their reported final offer to him was a 16-year deal worth $760 million.<\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">But the Mets&#8217; offer apparently was richer even though it&#8217;s shorter by a year. In addition, the Mets gave Soto an opt-out clause for Year 5 of the contract, though, the National League East club can void that by adding $4 million in each of the remaining 10 years of the deal. All told, there is a potential for Soto to earn up to $805 million with the Mets when it is all said and done in the Queens for the four-time MLB All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Yankees, their Juan Soto experience turned out to be a short one. It could have ended on a much sweeter note had the Yankees won the 2024 World Series, but they were simply outclassed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a five-game Fall Classic last October. In his only season with the Yankees, Soto appeared in 157 games and hit.288\/.419\/.569 with 41 home runs and 109 RBIs\u00a0to go along with an OPS+ of 178\u00a0\u2014 his best in a season since posting a 217 OPS+ with the Washington Nationals in 2020, albeit through just 47 games.<\/p>\n<p>Yankees fans can&#8217;t burn Juan Soto jerseys forever. They can still hope for better news in the offseason,\u00a0as the Yankees give more attention to other players in free agency.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a great time for Yankees fans who hoped Juan Soto would stay in the Bronx. 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