When Juan Soto left the New York Yankees for the New York Mets in exchange for more money, the heftiest drama he and his team could conjure up was some silly nonsense about a security guard who didn't treat his family right/the stingy Yankees denying him a personal suite at the stadium. By all accounts, things went very well during Soto's season in the Bronx — within the clubhouse walls and on the field. When push came to shove, though, Steve Cohen and the Mets outbid Hal Steinbrenner and the Yankees.
Mets fans spent all of 2024 bragging about how Steve Cohen's moneybags were coming for Soto, only to pivot on a dime after he signed and claim he chose the Mets because of .