NEW YORK — Let’s give credit where it’s due regarding Juan Soto. He was drop-dead honest when he said life with the Mets is “different” than it was with the Yankees. It was neither a complaint nor an insult to anyone on either New York team – just the truth about the advantages of hitting in front of Aaron Judge versus Pete Alonso.

Aaron Judge, captain of the New York Yankees, weighed in on Juan Soto’s early struggles with the New York Mets, offering a perspective on his former teammate’s adjustment in Queens. While there’s a notable difference in not having New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge,

But that was always the deal. Soto got the money, the suite and the personal perks for his family and lost that protection. While Judge, who has six homers to Soto’s two, shrugged it off, not everyone in the Bronx was so generous.