Michael Kay is saying “SEE YA!” to the Yankee fans who cursed out former Bronx Bomber Juan Soto.
The YES Network broadcaster and sports talk radio host chastised Yankees fans who chanted “F–k Juan Soto” during the eighth inning of Sunday’s loss to the Marlins.
The chants at Yankee Stadium apparently bled onto the broadcast of the game, although Kay said he wasn’t aware of them, and during Monday’s edition of “The Michael Kay Show,” on ESPN Radio, he took time to address it.
“Yankee fans, it’s an awful look,” Kay said. “It’s not something that should become a thing. It’s an awful look. You look like babies, you look like jilted lovers that you’re upset that Juan Soto left you for the Mets. There’s nothing that would have led you, a right-minded fan, to chant that last night. Nothing. You make yourself look small, you make yourself look jealous, you make yourself look like you can’t accept the fact that somebody left you.
“Juan Soto didn’t do anything wrong. He went to the Mets, who had a better deal on the table.”
Kay pointed out the difference between the two deals the Yankees and Mets offered Soto during the winter of 2024 that led the outfielder to make the move to Queens.
The Yankees television announcer said Soto had the right to do what he did and then continued to rip into the group of fans that chanted the vulgar comment.
“That doesn’t mean you make yourself look so small-town where this becomes a thing like ‘bleep Jose Altuve’ and now it becomes ‘bleep Juan Soto.’ No, that’s not good,” Kay continued. “That’s a bad look for Yankee fans if this becomes a thing. Juan Soto does not deserve it, number one. Number two, you’re giving ammunition to Met fans to say, ‘see we’re in their head. They can’t get over the fact they lost Juan Soto.’ What are you doing? Who are the people that did it? … Shame on all of you. It’s disgraceful. Don’t to that! You know how ridiculous it makes you look? What’s the end game? To look jealous? To look small?”
Soto is in his second season with the Mets, officially making his tenure in Queens longer than it was in the Bronx.
He signed a 15-year, $765 million contract in December 2024 after helping to lead the Yankees to the World Series earlier that year.
In his first season with the Mets, Soto hit .263, had 43 home runs and finished third in the National League MVP race, but his new team failed to make the postseason.
Soto is currently on the 10-day injured list with a calf issue.
