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PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 The best left-handed hitter in franchise history \u2014 until now \u2014 was at Mets camp Monday, and Darryl Strawberry is getting a firsthand look at who the team hopes will surpass him in that category.<\/p>\n

Juan Soto chose the Mets over the Yankees in free agency and Strawberry \u2014 who played and won World Series titles in both places \u2014 is confident Soto made the right choice.<\/p>\n

And he has one main reason for why that\u2019s the case: It\u2019s now his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good for him to make the decision to play here because now he\u2019s not going to be behind anybody,\u2019\u2019 Strawberry said. \u201cJuan Soto with the Mets, yeah, you have [Francisco] Lindor, who\u2019s great, but if you play over there [with the Yankees] with a guy like [Aaron] Judge, you\u2019re never gonna be bigger than him.\u201d<\/p>\n

That won\u2019t be an issue in Queens after Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million deal to become the face of the Mets.<\/p>\n

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Darryl Strawberry, who has his number retired by the Mets last season, was a guest instructor at spring training this week. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHim coming here means everything,\u2019\u2019 said Strawberry, who arrived in camp as a guest instructor Sunday. \u201cIt takes you to the next level when you have that type of player. Last year was a great run for them and they found themselves missing that one guy in the lineup, that stud. Not every team has one. There\u2019s [Shohei] Ohtani with the Dodgers, Judge with the Yankees and Soto. That\u2019s what they do. You need those kinds of players and now the Mets have that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Knowing he\u2019ll be with the Mets, presumably for the rest of his career, will also serve Soto well, according to Strawbery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can go to another level in his career,\u201d Strawberry said of Soto, who hit second in the lineup against the Cardinals at Clover Park on Monday. \u201cFifteen years to focus on one place and not wonder where he\u2019s going will be good for him. And being in New York is good for him. I think he realized that by playing with the Yankees last year, how good it can be. It\u2019s all about trying to win and not just putting a team on the field. The Yankees have always done that and now these guys are, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soto\u2019s arrival gives the Mets what Strawberry called a \u201cBig Three\u201d that reminds him of the lineup he was part of in the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n

\"Darryl
Juan Soto (22) waves at a fan before a Spring Training game against the Miami Marlins at Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe had me, Keith [Hernandez] and Gary [Carter],\u2019\u2019 Strawberry said. \u201cThey have Soto, Pete [Alonso] and Lindor. Not to count out the other guys like [Brandon] Nimmo and [Francisco] Alvarez, but they have those really established players you can count on.\u201d<\/p>\n

But as Strawberry also knows, nothing is guaranteed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything looks great and Soto puts them over the top,\u2019\u2019 Strawberry said. \u201cYou have to make it happen on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Juan Soto chose the Mets over the Yankees in free agency and Strawberry \u2014 who played and won World Series titles in both places \u2014 is confident Soto made the right choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1199,65,44,17,50,780],"class_list":["post-40274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-darryl-strawberry","tag-juan-soto","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports","tag-spring-training"],"yoast_head":"\nDarryl Strawberry sees clear reason why Juan Soto made right choice picking Mets over Yankees - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40274\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darryl Strawberry sees clear reason why Juan Soto made right choice picking Mets over Yankees - 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