I can answer this for his time as a Padre: His stats made him look more worthwhile than he was. He’d consistently crush like, 2 home runs a game if we were already up by 4, but then go 0-4 in games where we really needed our best players to come through also, he’s not great defensively

So in short: he’s a good player for sure, but his salary indicates he’s playing at his Nationals tenure levels and afaik he hasn’t been?

By straight free agent WAR math (12-15m/WAR), the average of his last three seasons makes him worth between 75 and 100m/year. Factoring in lux tax depressive effects and team risk for committing *that* much money to a single player, he's probably one of the few MLB players who is paid fairly!

Ohhhh bsky.app/profile/pola... Also ben disagrees 😂😂😂

I don't think we're disagreeing, frankly. He's not a perfect player, and I never said he was, and the Mets fans (who are insane) were expecting him to be a better than he was last year (his best season). You asked if he was good, and anyone who isn't a lunatic would say he is a very good player.

Also he was like, really REALLY good in 2019, any year he doesn’t live up to that is gonna be a disappointment for fans

At 19!

Yea but he does that stupid shuffle and it negates every good metric. So there’s that.

Wait wait I need to know

Oh jfc

He doesn't do it as much anymore because of the clock

Juan Soto doing the shuffle as a Padre: “he’s adorable, look at his little personality I just ❤️ him” Juan Soto doing the shuffle now: “what the fuck, fuck this guy, man”

Pisses me off so bad. I’m sure you remember me celebrating when he went to the NL so I wouldn’t have to see it 26 times a year.

Plus all of the nats games on MASN before he left.

Oh I never watched that shit lol

he…. might actually be a perfect player. wtf are you actually talking about? dont let these dipshits walk you back from appreciating greatness. who would you rather have for the next decade?

This man is not a Mets fan do not taunt him this way

oic

Perfect players can field their position.

Also... OOF.

I appreciate you're doing a bit, but Soto and Judge being the #2 and #4 worst clutch for the last 5 years is hilarious to me.

oh stop do you watch baseball? i learned recently that there’s a mens softball hall of fame. do you fucking throw underhand?

he’s like a top 5 hitter in the nl, maybe top 3

Yes. Overpaid? Possibly. But anyone who doesn't think he is a good player is certifiably insane.

So Mets fans? 😂

Certifiably insane is a fair description of most Mets fans (my dad excluded)

More insane than other fans?

It's them, Yankees fans, and Philly fans in the first tier. Red Sox in the next. The everybody else, although every team has a core of absolute insane fans

I taught you how to answer this for yourself!

Yes bc Mets fans seem to think he sucks? Why are all the Mets memes about how he isn’t good anymore

Because Mets fans are insane.

Secondary stat, since that statcast data is only for this year: Soto is 26. He has 41fWAR. It takes roughly 60 fWAR in a career to make the Hall. If he plays 5 more seasons like the worst season of his career, he will be a lock HoFer. And he'll still only be 31.

Too many stats, we run on vibes

His vibes are rancid. I hate the guy. I've hated him since he debuted. He's still a top 10 player.

He's incredibly good. He's so good he'll spend the rest of his career playing for teams with the bitchiest fan bases in baseball. He's one of the best hitters of his generation, great on the base paths, and not a liability in the field.

every mets fan loves juan soto. anyone claiming to be a mets fan who doesnt love juan soto, is a yankees fan