00:00Juan Soto has been moved to the leadoff spot, which you give credit to Mendoza for going
00:07with that decision, much like he did with Lindor a couple years ago when he decided in
00:112024 we're going to put Lindor in the leadoff spot.
00:13Lindor took off.
00:14The team took off.
00:15Putting Juan Soto in the leadoff spot with a team that needed a spark offensively was
00:21the correct, proper, and accurate move for Carlos Mendoza.
00:26But I want to take it a step further because Juan Soto met the media after tonight's win.
00:31Ten runs put up.
00:32Soto led the game off with a home run.
00:34And Juan Soto, who everybody likes to say is selfish and doesn't care about the team and
00:39he's all about money and he's all about himself.
00:42Juan Soto said, look, I was all in with this decision.
00:46Anything it takes and everything it takes to help the team.
00:50So Juan Soto showed selflessness.
00:53Juan Soto was team first.
00:55Because he could have sat there and said, I'm not batting leadoff.
00:58I'm Juan Soto.
00:59I'm not batting leadoff.
01:00I'm either in the middle of the order, maybe two, but I'm not going to bat leadoff.
01:04That's not what I do.
01:05That's not what I want to do.
01:06I don't care if we're struggling.
01:07I'm not going to do that.
01:08Because that's the way people want to paint the witch hunt that's out there about Juan
01:12Soto that wants to make the guy like he only cares about his money or he only signed
01:16with the Mets so that his mom could go to a shopping mall with Steve Cohen's wife,
01:21like all these stupid narratives that we hear.
01:23And he's this and he's that because it is a total witch hunt for Juan Soto.
01:27When in reality is he is a team guy.
01:31He's business the way he plays baseball, but that's just his personality.
01:35But he was selfless in this situation.
01:38He was all in his words to be the leadoff hitter of this team, to give them a spark.
01:43And he's given it to them so far.
01:45I think that says a lot about Juan.
01:47And I think it says a lot about his character.
01:49I think it says a lot about his leadership.
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