Juan Soto continued on his tour of rejected teams from his well-watched Soto Sweepstakes, with the Shohei Ohtani Dodgers in town to face Soto’s Mets following Soto’s foray to Fenway and his memorably loud and poorly received return to The Bronx.
While Soto’s performance is statistically above average, it hasn’t exactly been a tour de force by the standards of his record $765M deal and, unfortunately, requires some explanation.
Soto’s agent, Scott Boras likened Soto to an expensive timepiece that requires some care and just a little bit of effort. “It isn’t an automatic Timex,” Boras said. “It’s a fine Swiss watch — just wind it up, and it’s superb.”
The hitting savant Soto may be the Audemars Piguet of ballplayers, but he prefers practicality and comfort in a watch and wasn’t necessarily moved by the metaphor. He’s less than two percent into his 15-year Mets deal, and he’s thinking more calendar than wristwatch.
