Joe Davis call, Juan Soto comments have Mets fans spiraling vs Yankees in sad affair

To be honest, New York Yankees fans never remember a time when the Subway Series was fun. It used to be the Yankees beating the p-ss out of the Mets (they were an all-time 71-51 against them heading into the 2020 season). Boring. Not a rivalry. Now it's become "this is the entire Mets' identity" after they tipped the scales (they're 18-12 since 2020).

Nobody cares less about these annual matchups than Yankees fans do. The games do not matter. They have hardly any effect on the standings (unless the Yankees allow them to). There are no "bragging rights" at stake for who owns the city when all is said and done (even though Mets fans fully believe that to be the case).

And now it's become even more unbearable ever since Juan Soto departed the Yankees for no other reason than for the most lucrative contract in MLB history. The Mets won the free agent race by $5 million guaranteed dollars, which was carefully constructed as a shadow bid by Scott Boras so Steve Cohen could get his way, and the end result was arguably one of the most ridiculous contracts in the history of the sport.

Soto signed on for a 15-year deal that could pay him $805 million when all is said and done. He is getting paid considerably more than Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, and he's not better than either of them. His first year with the Mets featured an historic collapse, emphasizing that the fit was never the panacea. Cohen selling out to get the biggest free agent of the next five years was never going to be the answer.

The Mets' problems run far deeper. There is organizational trauma that will take decades to undo, and a few big-money moves won't fix that. They have no pitching. Their farm system is rated higher than it's actual worth. There are two teams in their own division that are better and operate with more careful oversight. David Stearns has been bad, and there's no way around it.

The online discourse has made the Yankees-Mets dynamic all the worse. You cannot say anything critical of the Mets, even if they're one of the worst teams in MLB, without an army of people crying and whining for days on end.

Yankees-Mets Subway Series is an annual nightmare of awful online discourse

Chris Kirschner of The Athletic wrote a column about Soto's departure from the Yankees, suggesting Soto should have been a Yankee for the rest of his career, and of course Mets fans took a Yankees op-ed piece as personally as one possibly could. Oh, a performative column leading up to a nationally televised series? Let's make this about ME, the Mets fan!

They can't even understand how the argument holds weight in a greater baseball sense. Soto's one of the greatest players of his generation. The Yankees, despite their lackluster run of form since 2009, are the most historic franchise in the sport. Soto's impact on the Yankees alongside Judge was one of the most talked about, watched and revered performances of the modern era, and it was only one year.

Not only that, but Soto's career legacy surely would have been safer if he were a Yankee. Mets fans will deny that despite evidence to the contrary since 1962, but it's the truth. The Mets have some of the worst sports luck ever. EVER. And they'll probably still find a way to argue against that even what happened after last year. The Mets had the best record in MLB on June 12. They gradually bled out until the end of the season, needing a win in Game 162 vs the Marlins to make the playoffs. Any guesses as to what happened? They lost, missed the postseason, and their downward 2025 spiral is officially another laughable footnote in the record books.

Soto is not a Yankee. It's something Yankees fans have gotten over long ago. It doesn't even cross their mind anymore because, again, the Mets are the Mets and the Yankees are back to winning 90-plus games with an entirely different roster.

But for Mets fans to truly believe Soto chose them because of any other reason than the money is delusion at its finest. How about Soto's comments before the series this weekend? “I’m already here. There’s nothing we can do about it, so no second thoughts." That sure sounds like a guy who believes he unequivocally made the correct choice! At this point, the argument has been made for Yankees fans. Think about it ... would there be rumblings of drama between Soto and Judge coming out of the Bronx? Even if it did happen, that would never reach the media. But in Queens? In Year 1 there was speculation about Soto and Francisco Lindor's relationship. Whether it's true or not, it made headlines, and that's all you need to know.

Soto is not a Yankee because the Yankees, in a blind bid, did not submit the highest offer. That is what happened. Soto did not choose the Mets because they were better or because Cohen was nicer or because he believed in the Mets' farm system. He chose them because he received the most money and perks, which he has every right to do.

In this new world of the business of baseball, there's no loyalty. There's no choosing legacy over money. It's a different landscape. Mets fans thinking Soto's choice boiled down to anything other than the material aspects of the contract are even more outside of their minds than previously believed. And if they actually thought it would represent a changing of the guard in New York City, then they're really going to need better healthcare for their mental woes.

Oh yeah, and one more thing. You know why national announcers clown the Mets? It's because the Mets are a consistent embarrassment. They bring it upon themselves. There's a reason making fun of the Mets is a mainstream affair. It's on television. It's part of baseball lore. It is their identity until further notice.

There's no "Oh no, the Yankees!" because the Yankees don't repeatedly commit the absolute dumbest or most pathetic acts imaginable. Sure, they have shameful moments, as Yankees fans will not hesitate to tell you about in detail, but it pales in comparison to one simple day in the life of a Mets fan.

We are 45 games into 2026 and the Mets already have a full year's worth of a lowlight reel. That's why the general baseball world thinks it's a travesty Soto signed with them. That's why it's "Oh no, the Mets!" and few others.

Just get us out of Citi Field. Even if the Mets win on Sunday, they'll revert back to whatever they were doing before the Detroit Tigers came to town this week. None of it matters. This is the most unenjoyable part of the calendar for Yankees fans every year, so the sooner it ends, the better.

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