In The Athletic’s anonymous player poll, Soto was voted as the hitter pitchers would least want to face in Game 7 of the World Series. The Mets star earned 15.6 percent of the vote among 64 pitchers, edging out Shohei Ohtani (14.1 percent) and Aaron Judge (9.4 percent).

Aaron Judge outlined his ongoing pitch efforts to potential New York Yankees targets in free agency, but it's clear he did not do enough to appease Juan Soto.