In a city where baseball loyalty runs deeper than the subway lines, two giants have stepped into the ring—Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Juan Soto of the Mets. The post Aaron Judge Hits Back at Juan Soto’s Explosive Comments After Mets Trade With Epic Claim,

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto was greeted with roaring boos by New York Yankees fans on Friday. Spending one year in the Bronx, Soto helped lead the Yankees to an American League pennant last season before departing in free agency. It was a historic 15-year, $765 million deal that lured Soto away from the reigning AL champions.

It speaks to Juan Soto’s brilliance that no one or even two players were going to be able to do enough in his wake to make the Yankees offense as good, much less better, than last season.