WFAN personality delivers harsh truth to Juan Soto over Yankees obsession

Juan Soto, by choice, is a member of the New York Mets. Francisco Lindor, the beloved team captain, hits ahead of him to ignite the offense. Pete Alonso, off to a scorching start and barreling baseballs like a bear, sits behind. New York's NL club is atop the heap in the East, and the clubhouse is no doubt reveling in the Atlanta Braves' poor start.

So why is Soto already scrambling to justify his "down" numbers by comparing his current situation to 2024 with the Yankees, when he was fed a steady diet of decent pitches with Aaron Judge, the best right-handed hitter in baseball (history?) waiting in the wings?

Plenty of Mets fans are probably starting to sour on Soto privately, if not publicly. Count WFAN's Sal Licata among them.

Licata, obviously, makes his living on discourse. But after Soto went out of his way to rope Judge back into his life via commentary, he's done giving his 15-years-to-go slugger any additional leeway. You're a Met now. Start acting like it.

Aaron Judge responds after Juan Soto declines to shut up about the Yankees

"Dude. You left," Licata intones. "You left."

"He wasn't traded to the Mets!" co-host Brandon Tierney yawps. Exactly.

Naturally, word got back to Judge himself this week that he'd been summoned, and the newly minted Captain America did his best to defuse the situation.

“I'm not going to go back and forth with this," Judge said, in an effort to halt the hysteria. "He’s got probably one of the best hitters in the game behind him right now in what [Pete] Alonso is doing. It has been fun to watch. He’s hitting close to .400. He’s driving the ball all over the field, driving guys in. So they’re gonna be good.”

Correct. While Soto will never again experience the exact variety of protection that Judge provides, there aren't many situations more cushy throughout MLB than the one he's currently in the middle of. Besides, it's what he committed to. He seemingly had the long-term future of both franchises in mind when he made his financial decision (or so he says). It makes you wonder why he chose the one without any protection under contract at the time of his call vs. the one that employs Judge for life.

Until you take a look at the financial scoreboard, that is. Happy for you, Juan. But you chose this. So stand by it. Clearly, Mets fans are waiting on the next step of your commitment.