The Mets signed Soto away from the Yankees in December with a 15-year, $765 million contract. The Yankees responded with offseason moves of their own, but after losing ace Gerrit Cole for the season because of Tommy John surgery, their prospects have become murky. To Cone, all of it just makes for great theater.

Steve Cohen believed Juan Soto was headed back to the Yankees after a second in-person meeting that took place in December amid talks to bring the slugger to Queens. Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features,

Juan Soto faced the New York Yankees soon after his record-breaking move to the Mets and was booed by some of his former fans in his final spring training game