The rumors that Juan Soto takes a private jet to road games as part of his massive 15-year, $765 million contract are not true, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto (center) gets a high five in the Mets dugout after he scored in the 4th inning of the 2025 Subway Series against the New York Yankees, Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media

Soto, who was supposed to be mic'd up during the second inning but canceled about "45 minutes" before game time, according to play-by-play man Karl Ravech.

The speculation around Juan Soto's tenure with the New York Mets has reached all-time levels of absurdity. Soto did have a bad series against his old team, the New York Yankees, over the weekend. It's also fair to question his lack of hustle on a late-game ground ball to second base on Sunday night.

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto has been at the center of discussion around the baseball world over the past few days after his Mets team headed to Yankee Stadium for a three-game Subway Series. Many feel like Soto conducted himself well during the weekend,

According to sources, the Mets star changed his mind prior to the game and was replaced by Brandon Nimmo. Such changes aren’t unusual, sources said, but it was noteworthy because it involved Soto, who didn’t have much of an impact on the field in the series — especially on Sunday.

Juan Soto of the New York Mets was the center of attention during the 2025 Subway Series against the New York Yankees on Saturday, May 17th at Yankee Stadium.

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