Juan Soto discusses Yankees future as Nationals fans push for reunion
NY Post
WASHINGTON — Almost everywhere Juan Soto goes these days, there are questions about his future.
But as he returned to his past on Monday — to the place he debuted as a big leaguer in 2018, won a World Series in 2019, became one of the top players in the game and eventually turned down a hefty extension offer — Soto was in the midst of arguably the best season of his career, all in a contract year and at the age of 25.
So while the questions persisted on Monday as Soto came back to Nationals Park for the third time as a visitor, this time as a Yankee and just a few months away from free agency, the “generational” talent stuck to his familiar script.
“At the end of the day, right now I’m playing for the Yankees,” Soto said inside the visiting clubhouse before the Yankees and Nationals opened a series. “I’m happy where I’m at. We’ll see what happens in free agency.”
A day after the Yankee Stadium crowd reminded Soto of their wishes for him to stick around – to which Soto said postgame, “They have to talk to [general manager Brian] Cashman” – the fans at Nationals Park gave him a rousing standing ovation as he came to the plate for his first at-bat.
Soto took off his helmet and saluted the crowd, which later came up with faint chants of “Come Home Soto,” though it was a Yankees-heavy attendance of 32,812.
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