Juan Soto says signing with Mets over Yankees was a 'family decision'

On the verge of his first season with the New York Mets, Juan Soto said his move last winter to sign with the Mets was a “family decision.”

On the verge of his first season with the New York Mets, Juan Soto said his move last winter to sign with his former team’s crosstown rival — one that made Soto the highest-paid player in professional sports history — was a “family decision.”

“I can’t complain about Yankee fans. They were amazing, day in, day out, the whole season last year,” Soto told NBC's "TODAY" in an interview that aired Monday.

“And I really appreciate not only Yankees fans but the Dominican community. They were showing off and I was really happy for that.”

In his lone season with the Yankees, the 26-year-old outfielder and four-time All-Star hit a career-high 41 home runs. A little more than one month after the Yankees’ season ended with a World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Soto signed a 15-year contract with the Mets in December worth $765 million, a contract that topped that of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani as the richest in MLB history. And a clause in the contract could allow the deal to surpass $800 million, according to ESPN.

Was there anything more the Yankees could have done to re-sign Soto?

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/mlb/juan-soto-mets-today-show-rcna197717

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