Overview
- Yankee Stadium echoed with a profane "F— Juan Soto" chant in the eighth inning Sunday against the Marlins, and it was audible on the television broadcast.
- On Monday, Michael Kay said on ESPN New York the chant was "an awful look" and argued Soto did nothing wrong by choosing a better Mets offer.
- Kay said he did not hear the chant while calling the game, and reports noted the YES broadcast did not address it on air.
- Soto is on the Mets' 10-day injured list with a right calf strain and is expected to miss at least two to three weeks, and the team recalled infielder Ronny Mauricio.
- Coverage frames the backlash as part of a year-long pattern since Soto’s December 2024 switch for a reported $765 million, with some analysis tying fan anger to frustration over the Yankees’ more restrained spending under Hal Steinbrenner.