The primary “F—okay Juan Soto” chants arrived at 6:51 p.m., when the Mets slugger ran out from the dugout to start pregame stretching. 

It might not be the final unkind chant. 

Yankees followers have been cruel, drowning the famous person in boos earlier than his title was even introduced as he strolled to the plate in his first sport again in The Bronx.

If anybody have been cheering, they weren’t heard as Soto — basic Soto — drew a stroll. Even whereas on base, the “F—okay Juan Soto” scream continued. 

So started Soto’s much-anticipated return to his former dwelling, a venue by which Soto himself knew he wouldn’t be welcome.

Soto is a rarity in nearly all methods, together with the way of his exit. When the Yankees need a participant — notably a famous person — they practically at all times get him.

But 16 years and $760 million was not a powerful sufficient provide for Soto, who traded boroughs for 15 years, $765 million and each perk Steve Cohen might throw in.

So even after a magical, if unfulfilled, 2024 season, Yankees followers have been indignant.

Soto loved the perfect season of his profession final 12 months, was the membership’s finest hitter in October and crushed the house run in Cleveland that despatched the Yankees to the World Sequence.

The nice recollections, although, had evaporated by the point Soto selected the Mets, a workforce he mentioned had a brighter future than the Yankees.