Soto is a very good player who can help his team get to the playoffs in a good year
(if your team already has many talented players).

But like Soto's time with the Padres, Soto is NOT THE PLAYER WHO WILL PUT THE TEAM ON HIS BACK AND LEAD THEIR TEAM TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Soto couldn't even come close to that in two pennant races with the Padres.

And for the Yankees in the just-concluded World Series, when the Yankees needed a big jolt and some game-changing extra base hits like home runs or at least doubles, Soto, as happened in Soto's day with the pennant-contending Padres, Soto's big bat was AWOL .

Soto played on a Nationals championship team. But as we saw in Soto's time with both the Padres and Yankees, Soto is NOT FREDDIE FREEMAN. Soto rises to the occasion and leads your team to a championship!
Even the World Series broadcasters saw the exact same thing I saw from Soto in his two pennant runs with the Padres:

Soto wasn't the game-winning hitter, but rather a series-winning power hitter and RBI guy.
SOTO WAS NOT THAT GUY IN 2 MAIN RACES IN SAN DIEGO.
SOTO wasn't the guy for the Yankees in the World Series (unlike Freddie Freeman for the Dodgers).

Even the World Series broadcasters joined in with my comments
Soto allowed fastballs to pass unchallenged in the middle of the plate in the World Series. The Yankees desperately needed Juan Soto's power to step up. He didn't. The Soto is looking for walks and to replenish his personal stats.

Many in the MLB have gone too far into the statistics and can't see the forest when they're standing right among the trees.

Stat-obsessed teams have led to selfish, stat-obsessed players who are primarily concerned with maximizing their next big fat contract.
Winning has become a secondary concern as some players become obsessed with stats and how big of a contract they can win with their personal stats.
Agents also play a big role in this recruitment by improving their client's stats and recruiting them for the next big, record-breaking contract.

Walks and on-base percentage appear to take precedence over aggressive home runs and/or clutch doubles in the playoffs and World Series.

Instead, the Yankees got the egotistical, personal stats-obsessed left-hander who hit Soto and stared at an RF porch with just 314 feeds from home plate, that a player with Soto's immense power and talent had that right field porch in the world Series with multiple home runs should have run in the World Series.
Freddie Freeman, a 25 million a year player, hit a home run in almost every game and completely outclassed Soto in the World Series.

This type of player timidity and complete devotion to the “stats gods” is frustrating for fans who expect offensive production from star players throughout the season, playoffs and World Series.

And the broadcasters also criticized Soto for taking the lead so briefly when he reached first base, putting the Yankees in danger of a force out or a double play and not scoring his run.
Soto wasn't aggressive enough at the plate or on the bases when he entered.

In the playoffs and World Series, Soto would own the right field porch at Yankee Stadium.
Soto should hit at least 1 home run per World Series game in this short RF @ Yankee Stadium. Soto was supposed to hit doubles, but he hasn't been able to do so with any consistency.

And since the Dodgers turned almost every game into a bullpen game, the Yankees hitters saw all the Dodgers relievers a lot, so there are NO EXCUSES for star professional players like Soto who weren't playing at a very high level.

If I were the team president or GM of the Yankees, Mets or other teams, I'd look for the next Freddie Freeman at 25 million a year and pass on SOTO.

Some stupid team is going to pay WAY TOO much for SOTO in the 400-600 million range for 10-14 years and not get Freddie Freeman-like elite production from Soto in future playoffs and World Series(s).

Soto is the newest free agent “shiny object.”
And someone with stupid money will pay Soto
and then complain about the bad contract in the last 7-10 years of that contract

Next, Soto's agent's employee trolls will attack me and try to make excuses for why Soto didn't do what his team paid him to do, namely carry the Yankees to a World Series championship with his bat.
Stop looking for so many walks. Stop letting fastballs pass right down the middle without swinging. Once you get to 1st base, stop being so shy. Your leads looked like you were playing at 1st base and not like a runner trying to get into position to score a run. Be in the moment. Your team and your fans want you to be like Freddie Freeman in the playoffs and the World Series and not cede your leadership role on the offensive team to minimum wage, $5 million players.

This is Giancarlo Stanton 2.0 just waiting to happen and clog the Yankees' payroll for the next 10-14 years.
No offense to Giancarlo Stanton, he's a great hitter, just too hurt.
Yes, there is a very good chance that Soto will be inducted into the Hall of Fame if he can put up individual stats comparable to even this year's regular season.
But baseball is a “team game.”
If the Yankees or Mets pay Soto 500 million or 600 million, they expect “Freddie Freeman” MVP performances in the playoffs and World Series.

If not, any team that signs Soto is wasting their money and would be better off spreading that 500-600 million across multiple free agent players, thus filling multiple holes on their team.