It sure looks like Juan Soto was wearing Yankees shorts during Mets celebration video

The New York Yankees will spend the rest of this week (month? eternity?) in search of Plan B after losing out on Juan Soto to the highest bidder, the Mets. Willy Adames would look ni -- oh. Michael King could be a swee -- ugh. Hey, wait, this guy looks pretty good: Juan Soto!

The cold reality of having Soto for a year and losing him for a contract that could ultimately pay him $55 million during his age-41 season was sobering. It's what every Mets fan crowed about for the full year of Soto's tenure in the Bronx, coloring even his pinstriped peaks with a nauseating hue. It seemed plausible, but we had to see it to believe it from Cohen ... and then we saw it, folks.

Even worse, the Yankees were reportedly in the lead throughout the sweepstakes, according to SNY's Andy Martino, and upped their bid from the low $700 millions (pathetic) all the way to $760 million, with an extra year attached, at the last minute. Hal Steinbrenner probably swallowed his tongue and thought he'd sealed it. Cohen felt differently.

But was all that "comfortable with the Yankees" storytelling really a lie? Clearly, the Mets had to go above and beyond to sever Soto's one season of ties. Hitting ahead of Aaron Judge probably was pretty sweet. In case you needed more evidence that Soto's Yankee Year wasn't abject torture, look no further than the champagne celebration video his brother posted as the contract details were finalized. Is that ... a pinstriped No. 22 on his shorts?

Take a look for yourself here. At the very least, the coloring is highly suggestive of some weird pair of split Mets/Yankees swim trunks. Simply have to ponder ... what is going on!

Juan Soto appears to be wearing Yankees pinstriped shorts while celebrating Mets contract

He'll always have a piece of the Yankees experience with him. Very comforting. Somehow, this is less painful than watching Aaron Boone saunter around in an Eagles hoodie. Fitting, considering he's the Nick Sirianni of MLB.

Hey, at least this can't get any worse! Surely, the big-budget owner with no limits won't be pursuing any other Yankees targets, and Hal Steinbrenner just admitted he has $760 million to spend. That will undoubtedly go towards massive upgr -- and, whoops, just learned he committed the entire cash pot towards mass producing those shorts and selling them at concession stands. You lose some, you lose some more.