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Everything may be copacetic between Juan Soto and the Yankees, but fans seem to be another story.
The $765 million Mets man, who moved to Queens this season after one season in The Bronx, got a preview of what may be his Yankee Stadium reception Thursday night.
In the bottom of the eighth inning of the Bombers’ 9-7 win over the visiting Diamondbacks, fans could be heard chanting, “F–k Juan Soto,” on the YES broadcast.
It’s unclear what at that moment drew the ire of the crowd, or if the chant just grew from one vengeful fan.
The 26-year-old Dominican slugger will revisit his old stomping grounds when his Mets squad kicks off the first Subway Series in the Bronx for a three-game set from May 16-18.
“Yankees fans, they can surprise you with anything, so I am expecting the worst,” Soto said after hearing it from Yankees fans when the teams squared off in the Grapefruit League finale on March 24.
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“I think it was a lot of cheers out there, so I take all of that and I was happy for my fans that cheer for their players and I go from there,” he added.
Soto mashed a career-best 41 homers to go with 109 RBIs in 157 games with the Yankees last season, slashing .288/.419/.569 while leading the franchise to its first World Series appearance since 2009.
He didn’t stick around for a follow-up after one of the most high-profile free agency chases in baseball history ended up with him spurning the Yankees’ 16-year, $760 million offer for the Mets’ 15-year, $765 million version that’s laden with off-the-field perks, such as a family suite at Citi Field.
Soto enters his first game at Citi on Friday with a .238 average, one home run and a double among his five hits on the season, with the Mets at 3-3.
The Yankees, meanwhile, on the strength of their torpedo bat revolution, haven’t missed a beat without Soto, going 4-2 while scoring an AL-best 53 runs and MLB-leading 22 homers.
