Rusty Weiss
Juan Soto couldn’t help himself after the Dominican Republic got edged out 2-1 by Team USA in the WBC semifinals on Sunday night.
The tight contest was overshadowed by a game-ending called third strike on Geraldo Perdomo that Statcast showed was a good two-and-a-half inches off the plate. Granted, the home plate umpire in that contest had been calling that low strike all game on both sides.
That said, Soto stepped to the mic and dropped this gem in response to the loss.
“We showed the world who’s the best team in baseball,” the New York Mets star told reporters after the game. “That’s all I got to say.”
Whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep better at night, Juan. The scoreboard says Team USA was the better team. That’s how it works, right? That’s why we keep score in these games?
At a clip of 100%, the better team on that given day always wins the game. Cry more. I’m sure your constant quest for participation trophies, something a Mets player must be used to, is very important to you.
Juan Soto spoke after losing to Team USA in the World Baseball Classic
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Juan Soto Claims Dominican Republic Is ‘Best Team in Baseball’ After WBC Loss to USA
It should be noted that Juan Soto contributed absolutely nothing to his team’s loss to the USA. He went 0-for-4, including grounding into a double play with runners on.
Sounds like his entire season with the Mets after fleeing the Yankees following a World Series appearance, only to not even make the playoffs.
Social media didn’t waste a second hammering Soto into oblivion, and for good reason. American fans lit him up as the biggest loser in baseball, pointing out the irony of a guy on the losing side crowning his squad the kings while the actual winners head to the finals against Venezuela. Juan can watch the finals on TV. You know, like he did with the World Series last year.
“Spoken like a New York Met,” one fan wrote on X, adding a clown emoji. “Happy .250 average.”
Hey, let’s be fair here. He hit .263. After signing a 15-year, $765 million contract.
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“And all this time we thought the team that had the higher number of runs were the winners,” another fan clapped back. “Grow up, pal.”
Wait, is that how sports work? There’s a scoreboard?
“USA getting teams to cope in ways we have never seen before. What a run my country is on,” a Team USA fan wrote, referencing Canadian hockey team assistant captain Nathan MacKinnon, who made a similar declaration to Soto’s.
“You be the judge of who was the better team today,” MacKinnon said following America’s dramatic 2-1 overtime victory in the gold medal game in the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
The scoreboard and the gold medals around their necks seem to imply that the United States was the better team. The fact that Team USA will be playing Venezuela in the title game tonight also suggests they are the better team.
Maybe someone can explain the concept of the scoreboard—slowly— to MacKinnon and Soto at some point.
Losers.