New York Mets superstar Juan Soto is on pace to have the worst statistical season of his Major League Baseball career.

It’s early, of course, but Soto is currently slashing .246/.376/.439 with eight home runs, 20 runs batted in and an OPS of .815. His lowest end-of-season OPS entering this year was .853 in 2022.

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While Soto has shown signs of being his dominant self — he has 37 walks to 33 strikeouts — he’s having a major down year after finishing 2024 with a career-high 41 home runs and 8.1 fWAR.

Soto is adjusting to a new team after spending the 2024 season with the New York Yankees. Soto is also entering this season with immense pressure after signing an MLB-record 15-year, $765 million deal to join the Mets in free agency.

There may be something else going on, though.

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On Monday’s edition of The Michael Kay Show, Yankees broadcast Michael Kay revealed that Soto isn’t happy with the Mets.

Moreover, Kay says he wanted to remain with the Yankees in free agency.

“Why isn’t he happy? It comes down to this. I’ll say it now, and it will be denied. Of course, it has to be denied. But I have talked to people that I respect. He wanted to return to the Yankees. That was his preference,” Kay said.

So why did Soto join the Mets? Kay said it was a family decision.

“His family said, ‘You are going to the Mets,'” Kay said. “His family felt very comfortable around Alex and Steve Cohen. And they said, ‘You are going to the Mets.’ And he is a guy that listens to his family. So I think at this point, he is probably a bit down, pouting a bit. And then to come into Yankee Stadium with three straight sellout crowds, at a place that was his Field of Dreams. It became his Field of Nightmares over the weekend.”

The Yankees offered Soto a 16-year, $760 million contract, but in the end, Soto switched New York teams. Kay believes that decision is haunting Soto for now.

“People that I talked to on the Mets side — and they can deny it publicly, because, of course, that’s what they have to do — he is very, very glum around the clubhouse. He does not have a hop in his step. He does not smile much. I’m not gonna say he is unhappy. Because how can you be unhappy with a $765 million contract? But money is not a guarantee that you are gonna be comfortable somewhere.”

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