Juan Soto -- looking like a bust for the Mets

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Every night on the Mets broadcast they show some insane statistic about how Juan Soto's productivity at his age is like top 5 in baseball history at some metric, how he's just behind Jimmy Foxx in something. To minimize what this guy has accomplished at his age and deny that he is a generational talent just shows your absolute ignorance.

On the Mets broadcasts you say? How about on any or all the others then?

Granted, there's no denying that Juan Soto has already had some excellent seasons. None of those helps the Mets this year though and it looks to me (and many others) as if his early success has gone to his head and that his production is already on a downward path.

Now you as a dyed-in-the-wool Mets fan may be cheering for Soto and the Mets to succeed. Keep in mind though that Soto being on the team has made the Mets a far less sympathetic team (the anti-Yankees) to the rest of the country. Last year I was cheering hard for the Mets against the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year I don't know for which of the two I'll cheer should they meet. I'd much prefer that the Phillies, Cardinals, Giants or even the Padres emerge victorious in the NL though.