Juan Soto -- looking like a bust for the Mets

[bk400]

And my post above was BEFORE he hit the longest single in the history of baseball by not hustling out of the box.

[D. Bergin]

Not saying Soto hustled out of the box or anything, but didn't Alonso get thrown out at 2nd on a ball off the Green Monster earlier in the game?

Guys hit singles off the Green Monster, literally all the time.

[bk400]

He did indeed. He wasn't hustling either, although he also didn't go into an arrogant home run trot the way Soto did.

[jayshum]

I'm pretty sure the Mets would have plenty of teams willing to take Soto off their hands if they want to trade him.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I'm pretty sure the Mets would have plenty of teams willing to take Soto off their hands if they want to trade him.

Yankees included

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

Yankees included

I suspect that foolish pride, i.e. admitting that they erred, would stand in the way of such a sensible transaction by the Mets.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bk400

He did indeed. He wasn't hustling either, although he also didn't go into an arrogant home run trot the way Soto did.

Maybe if he did, he wouldn’t have gotten thrown out at 2nd base.

[D. Bergin]

Yaz probably threw out 5-10 guys a year whose ego couldn’t handle smacking a ball off the Green Monster and settling for a single.

Jim Rice even got pretty good at it later in his career.