Juan Soto’s MLB free company choice is so extremely anticipated that it made the chilly open of “Saturday Night Live” — together with a customary dig on the Mets.
With the sports activities world ready to see the place the 26-year-old will signal because the Yankees and Mets pursue the celebrity outfielder with affords north of $700 million, “SNL” did a Soto bit throughout its chilly open on Saturday throughout a Church Chat skit, wherein Dana Carvey reprised his function as Church Lady.
Soto, performed by Marcello Hernandez, joined Church Lady as a visitor whereas sporting a white jersey with a query mark on it and a Celsius hat, after he teased an “announcement” final month in a business that includes a mock press convention the place he put the hat on as he partnered with the vitality drink model.
When Church Lady tells Soto within the skit that “cash is the basis of all evil,” he replies, “Well, if that’s true, then I’m gonna turn out to be probably the most evil baseball participant on the planet.”
The faux Soto is then requested to inform the world which group he’s going to signal with.
“I don’t know. Right now, I hope the Yankees make me the very best supply,” he says.
The skit then took intention on the Mets.
“Well as a Christian, I’ve to ask you: why not spend your money and time serving to the needy and fewer lucky?” Church Lady asks.
“You’re proper. Maybe I’ll signal with the Mets,” Soto replies.
The Post’s Jon Heyman reported Saturday night that the Yankees and Mets every upped their affords to Soto into the $710 million-$730 million vary, above Shohei Ohtani’s record-setting $700 million Dodgers deal from final offseason, although that contract options $680 million in deferrals.
The Dodgers, Red Sox and Blue Jays are the opposite contenders for Soto’s providers.
