Juan Soto is ‘very, very glum’ inside Mets’ clubhouse: Michael Kay

Juan Soto is “glum” astir nan Mets’ clubhouse and he wanted to return to nan Yankees past offseason earlier signing a historical 15-year, $765 cardinal statement pinch nan Mets, Yanks’ broadcaster Michael Kay claimed connected his power show connected Monday.

Soto has faced aggravated scrutiny aft his less-than-stellar return to The Bronx complete nan weekend, which has included knocks connected how difficult he runs aft hits to his evident happiness successful Queens. 

Kay prefaced his comments connected his show – “The Michael Kay Show” –  by saying that he had spoken to group progressive pinch nan Yankees and nan Mets, and he had arrived astatine 8 a.m. earlier Saturday’s game, and “really talked for hours pinch people.” 

“People that I talked to connected nan Mets side, and they tin contradict it publicly, because, of course, that’s what they person to do, he is very, very glum astir nan clubhouse,” Kay said, according to Awful Announcing. “He does not person a hop successful his step. He does not grin much. I’m not gonna opportunity he is unhappy. Because really tin you beryllium unhappy pinch a $765 cardinal contract? But money is not a guarantee that you are gonna beryllium comfortable somewhere.”

So what precisely made him subordinate nan Mets? 

Kay claimed that Soto wanted to stay a Yankee and that it had been his family that pushed him to motion pinch nan Mets because they “felt very comfortable astir Alex and Steve Cohen.” 

“Why isn’t he happy? It comes down to this. I’ll opportunity it now, and it will beryllium denied. Of course, it has to beryllium denied. But I person talked to group that I respect. He wanted to return to nan Yankees,” Kay said. “That was his preference. His family said, ‘You are going to nan Mets.’ His family felt very comfortable astir Alex and Steve Cohen. And they said, ‘You are going to nan Mets.’ And he is simply a feline that listens to his family. So I deliberation astatine this point, he is astir apt a spot down, pouting a bit. And past to travel into Yankee Stadium pinch 3 consecutive sellout crowds, astatine a spot that was his Field of Dreams. It became his Field of Nightmares complete nan weekend.”

It was nan 2nd study that surfaced connected Monday related to Soto’s happiness successful Flushing. 

In a column published by NJ.com, Bob Klapisch reported that nan “Mets’ hierarchy” was “concerned astir Soto’s deficiency of enthusiasm for his caller team.” 

“The only clip Soto seemed happy this play was while he interacted pinch Judge, head Aaron Boone and 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm during batting practice,” he wrote. 

The scrutiny complete Soto is judge to ratchet up pinch nan slugger and nan Mets successful nan mediate of a slump. 

Soto had conscionable 1 deed successful 4 at-bats connected Monday nighttime successful nan Mets’ 3-1 nonaccomplishment to nan Red Sox.