Did the New York Metsโ public relations team lie about Juan Soto over the weekend?
The Mets hosted their โAmazinโ Dayโ fan event at Citi Field on Saturday โ a yearly tradition designed to give Mets fans early access to players and autograph sessions ahead of the new season.
However, one huge aspect was missing from this yearโs Amazinโ Day: Juan Soto.
After signing a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets in December, Soto is the one guy on every Mets fanโs mind these days, and his appearance at Amazinโ Day would have been met with mania.
Unfortunately, Soto was unable to attend the event due to flight difficultuies, according to the Metsโ PR.
Sounds understandable enough.
Or maybe not. On Tuesday night, Major League Baseball blogger Dan Clark expressed a gripe with the Mets for what he asserts was a PR lie pertaining to Sotoโs absence at Amazinโ Day.
โFor those unaware, Juan Soto skipped the Mets’ Amazin’ Day event because wanted to attend Game 7 of the LIDOM C’ship Series,โ Clark said.
โThis is despite the Mets PR team saying it was due to “flight difficulties”. This is a terrible look for both parties, so early in the piece. Bad start!โ
LIDOM is a massively popular pro baseball winter league in Sotoโs native Dominican Republic. Surely, Soto would be excused from a fan event to attend one of the most important sporting events of the year in his home nation, removing any need for the cover up alleged by Clark.
Itโs unclear whether Clarkโs accusations are accurate. Itโs possible that Soto attended LIDOM and planned on also attending Amazinโ Day but was prevented from doing so by flight delays.
All in all, it sounds like it was a slow news day in Metsland. And by the way, whether or not itโs right, PR teams are sort of designed to cover up things all of the time. Is that โlyingโ, or is it media spin to protect a player?
Soto and his $765 million couldnโt care less.
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