Mets fans irate over $765 million star Juan Soto not hustling at crucial Subway Series moment
NY Post
It’s one thing for Juan Soto’s numbers to be substandard in mid-May. It’s another for him to not bust it out of the box after signing the biggest contract in sports history.
The Mets’ $765 million man got under fans’ skin during Sunday night’s nationally televised Subway Series loss to the Yankees in The Bronx when he did not hustle out of the box in the eighth inning on a ground ball to second base.
With the game tied 2-2, Soto led off the inning against Yankees reliever Devin Williams and sent a 1-1 pitch up the middle, forcing second baseman DJ LeMahieu into a tough sliding grab to his right.
By the time LeMahieu secured the ball on the grass just beyond the infield dirt, Soto was not yet halfway down the first base line, only putting his head down and kicking it up another gear once LeMahieu had the ball.
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