New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto sparked some sports-talk radio debates when he suggested earlier this week that he was bummed he wasn’t selected for the National League All-Star Game roster because “it’s a lot of money on the table if I make it.” Soto signed a 15-year, $765M contract that could reportedly exceed $800M total to join the Mets this past offseason, and seemingly was having some fun while speaking about the All-Star Game snub. Nevertheless, New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay thinks Soto should’ve handled questions about his All-Star Game status differently. “Talk about being tone deaf,” Kay said during Wednesday’s edition of “The Michael Kay Show,” per Awful Announcing’s Reice Shipley. “Come on, Juan. The last I looked, you are making a smidge under $47M this season. And you are upset that you aren’t making the All-Star Game because of an All-Star bonus you have in your contract? Do you know how bad that looks that you said that? Even if you thought it, fine. What kind of expenditures doRead More
Yankees announcer rips Mets’ Juan Soto over ‘tone-deaf’ comments
