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Evan & Tiki

Evan and Tiki Short: Carlos Mendoza mentions Juan Soto's Contract in relation to his Struggles

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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On Soto's contract wearing on him

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0:00.0

We're talking about Juan Soto, who returns to City Field for tonight's series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

0:05.8

He is batting third again.

0:07.1

They tried that on Wednesday, and I don't want to say it worked because, you know, he had a sacrifice, flies struck out a bunch of times.

0:13.5

But the Mets did win.

0:14.8

Carlos Mendoza before the game, fielding a lot of questions, including a very interesting one.

0:20.3

Sean, explain this situation so we can hear what Mindy had to say.

0:23.1

Okay, so we're going to hear the question in context, but it is going to be about, you know,

0:26.7

hey, dealing with Juan Soto, you're friends with Aaron Boone.

0:29.2

He was a Yankee for the first time last year.

0:31.1

Have you spoken to Aaron Boone on how to handle a guy like Juan Soto in his first year in a place?

0:36.3

So I thought the answer was interesting.

0:38.1

Here we go.

0:39.6

Soto's like been the new kid a couple times last year with the Yankees especially.

0:43.9

Did you, have you talked to Boone about how long it took Soto to settle in or anything

0:48.5

like that?

0:49.1

Just, you know, what Aaron Boone learned from Soto being new in this market and new on a team last year?

0:56.7

Yeah, I think he's been in different teams, right?

1:00.3

But what's new is the contract.

1:02.9

You know, that's the biggest difference here.

1:06.4

You know, this is a guy that, you know, everybody knows, right?

1:10.9

The type of money and all that that went in the offseason.

1:14.8

And honestly, for me, I feel like the frustrations that he's not coming through for the team,

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