It got to a point that by Sunday, Soto had no interest in doing an agreed-upon in-game interview with ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. According to a report from NJ.com, Soto simply was tired of being asked about Aaron Judge and the move to the Mets.

Juan Soto was supposed to be mic'd up during the second inning but canceled about "45 minutes" before game time, according to play-by-play man Karl Ravech.

Aaron Judge is a huge Yankee fan favorite. He’s undoubtedly one of the best hitters in the league, and Yankees fans love him. Judge is also leading the league in batting average, OBP, slugging, and OPS.

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto (center) gets a high five in the Mets dugout after he scored in the 4th inning of the 2025 Subway Series against the New York Yankees, Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media

BOSTON – Juan Soto has lived a thousand lives in a few short days.

According to sources, the Mets star changed his mind prior to the game and was replaced by Brandon Nimmo. Such changes aren’t unusual, sources said, but it was noteworthy because it involved Soto, who didn’t have much of an impact on the field in the series — especially on Sunday.

It was no coincidence that Juan Soto declined an ESPN segment during Game 3 of the Subway Series. After the Mets lost the series, the Dominican slugger also chose not to speak with reporters. There was a reason behind all of it.

New York is famously noisy, but it’s hitting a fever pitch right now with a lot of people speaking for Juan Soto.

The recent Subway Series brought up some hard feelings for fans of the New York Yankees, when they found themselves up against a beloved former player for the f