Juan Soto before his first game in Yankee Stadium as a member of the Mets on May 16, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST A Yankees fan wears an an anti-Juan Soto shirt.

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto in right field during the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., May 16, 2025. (John Jones/Imagn Images) ...

Juan Soto made an emotionally charged return to Yankee Stadium on Friday where he was greeted by a cacophony of boos and his new team, the New York Mets, succumbed to a 6-2 loss against his old ...

But Soto didn’t just leave, he found a new home less than 10 miles away. The 26-year-old signed a 15-year, $765-million contract with the Mets, the largest deal in professional sports history.

Juan Soto heard a hostile reaction from fans at Yankee Stadium Friday in his visit with the New York Mets and seemed to embrace the reaction.

Juan Soto ready to walk into Yankee Stadium lion’s den after Mets decision that even shocked his inner circle By . Jon Heyman. Published May 15, 2025, 12:05 p.m. ET.

NEW YORK — Greeted by a rare standing jeer in his return to Yankee Stadium, Juan Soto stepped out of the batter’s box, took off his helmet, tipped it to the crowd and touched it against his heart.