Juan For the Money
- Ed Botti
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
by Ed Botti
July 14, 2025
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Straight out of the pages of the book “I told you so”, we have Juan Soto, owner of a 15 year $765,000,000 contract (estimated at $805,000,000 with all the extras Steve Cohen added in) complaining and whining about not being selected to the All-Star game.
The kicker is, he’s not upset with missing the game. He is upset because he won’t get an extra $100,000 bonus.
You can’t make this stuff up.
In case you missed it, this past Wednesday, Juan was asked by a reporter following the team's rained out game, essentially if he was a little bummed out not making the All-Star team.
Instead of saying something along the lines of;
Well, you know I am only hitting a 260, and that includes me really hitting well in June, and you know I was hitting .231 on May 31st. I am not really having an All-Star first half, and there are a lot of other players that had really solid first halves that earned it.
No, instead we got the real Juan, the same Juan who couldn’t wait to talk about his pending free agent pay day after the brutal Game 5 loss and loss of the World Series, while some of his teammates were literally in tears in the club house 15 feet away.
The same Juan who turned down $440 million at 23 years old from his original team, the Nationals.
This guy couldn’t help himself and his greed addiction by stating,
“What do you think? I think it's a lot of money on the table if I make it”.
Juan, who is so accustomed to MLB owners, GMs, and players all bending over backwards to make him feel so special, was upset that the fans spoke up, and snubbed the .260 hitting, below average fielding outfielder and baserunner.
Even Michael Kay had this to say:
“Talk about being tone-deaf. Come on, Juan. The last I looked, you are making a smidge under $47 million this season. And you are upset that you aren’t making the All-Star Game because of an All-Star bonus you have in your contract? Do you know how bad that looks that you said that? Even if you thought it, fine. What kind of expenditures do you have?
“To even speak that, do you realize how it makes you look? There are gonna be players that make $40 million a year that are going to roll their eyes. Why would you even speak that into existence? Do you know how bad it makes you look”?
This is just another example, the latest example, of why I never wanted anything to do with him and his great talent at hitting a baseball.
With Juan, it is and always has been about Juan.
Juan makes William Tweed look like Mother Teresa.
Lastly, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the Enabler in Chief-- Rob Manfred figures out a way to get Juan on the All Star team.
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Microsoft Copilot created the cover image.
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Well said...
Forget Juan Soto. He is a showboating malcontent who can't field and can't run the bases. There's a reason he is with his 4th team in seven years. Just watch; he'll wear out his welcome with the Mets, too.
he'a great hitter
and a very young man
with a career being managed by an an old lawyer
who specializes in doing well
in negotiations
So I'll make this simple: Would you rather have Juan Soto or Max Fried AND Cody Bellinger AND Devin Williams?