Juan Soto’s uncertain Nats future becomes an unwelcome all-star focus
“I haven’t talked with anybody to tell me how that changed or what was the mind-set, but definitely it’s like you say, a couple weeks ago they were saying they would never trade me and now all these things come out,” Soto said. “It feels real uncomfortable. You don’t know what to trust.”
Soto never seemed overly burdened at all during the derby. He pumped up Albert Pujols early, then beat him in the semifinals . His mechanics deteriorated round by round, swing by swing, as he grew visibly fatigued. But he didn’t seem to mind a bit, leaning every ounce of his strength into every final-round swing until he had delivered enough home runs to best Julio Rodríguez in the final.
“It’s very frustrating, but at the end of the day, we’re just trying our best. For me, I’m trying my best. I know those guys are trying their best. But things just aren’t going our way,” Soto said. “We’re just going to try to keep playing hard, keep trying to find out the pieces we’re missing and get back on track.”Reporters from the New York media corps asked Soto several times whether he wanted to play in New York.
“I have two homers there, but I never hit a ball that way,” said Soto, whose 1.256 OPS in four games there is his best in any stadium. “To me, it’s another thing to play against the Yankees. It’s very cool to hear the noise and just shut it down.”
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