MLB Announces Juan Soto News Before Subway Series

The Mets and Yankees enter the second iteration of the Subway Series in a mutual tailspin. 

The Mets come with a two-game winning streak and a series win over the Brewers, while the Yankees dropped to second in the AL East for the first time since April following a four-game sweep by the Blue Jays.

While Friday will be the first game of a tepid matchup between crosstown foes, Mets star Juan Soto has put his foot on the gas since the Mets' mid-May series loss in the Bronx.

So much so, in fact, that the MLB made a huge announcement on Soto Friday.

New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22)

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Soto was announced to be one of three outfielders on MLB's June Team of the Month, along with Byron Buxton and Ronald Acuña Jr.

Soto slashed .322/.474/.722 in the month of June, with an absurd 11 home runs, tying his August 2020 career-high for one month and joined Darryl Strawberry as the only Mets player in history with 10+ homers and 20+ walks in a month. 

Soto failed to make the All-Star Game this year, and finished fifth in voting among NL outfielders, behind Acuña, along with Cubs stars Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker. Dodgers star Teoscar Hernandez finished ahead of him as the fourth-place finisher.

Soto's announcement follows a month where he has certainly played to his contract value, and has captivated Mets fans who are excited to see their marquee star swinging a hot bat.